American Patriot Brands began as The Grilled Cheese Truck, raised more than $30 million for a supposed cannabis empire, and ended with a federal judgment totaling nearly $43.9 million.

Trulieve, Curaleaf, Verano, a Green Thumb subsidiary, an AYR-linked holding company, and Ascend gave $11.5 million to a Trump-linked PAC, finally revealing who corporate cannabis thinks deserves social equity funding.

Spirit Halloween has launched a cannabis incubator for companies with national ambitions, unpaid vendors and roughly 90 days before the lenders take the furniture. The faculty includes executives from Cannabist, PharmaCann, AYR, TerrAscend and FLUENT.

An Ohio cannabis candy fraud case inspires the industry’s most honest edible yet: Investor Gummies, infused with projections, delusion, and the sudden urge to wire money before asking questions.

Missouri's next microbusiness licensing round is meant to expand access. Boof investigates the rich white cannabis hopefuls, consultants, and “hardship” experts turning equity into a two-day costume rehearsal.

Kentucky's Jason Nemes wants physicians and businesses prosecuted for following expanded qualifying conditions. The only problem? Every medical cannabis state in America has been following the exact same script for years.

North Carolina lawmakers want to protect young people from hemp-derived cannabinoids by restricting purchases to those 21 and older. The only problem? The state already trusts some teenagers with significantly more life-altering decisions.

After years of raids and promises to shut down illegal dispensaries, Los Angeles may have stumbled upon a simpler strategy: if you can't eliminate the black market, maybe it's time to send it an invoice.

After ignoring operators, economists, neighboring states, and basic arithmetic, Michigan officials are now investigating why their wholesale cannabis tax generated exactly the outcome everyone predicted.

Japan has banned CBN, a cannabinoid associated with relaxation and sleep, after regulators reportedly identified calmness as an emerging threat to productivity.

There’s a special kind of poetry in cannabis branding. The kind where everyone is “family,” everything is “hand crafted,” and the flower is supposedly kissed into existence by moonlight, good intentions, and a mission statement nobody can afford to question.

The entire C-suite of Wyld spent 4/20 not celebrating, not doing brand activations, not pretending to care about budtenders for once, but collectively getting stretchered out of HQ after eating their “first ever” edible. Yes. The people who run one of the biggest edible companies in America discovered edibles on 4/20 like a bunch of exchange students who thought a brownie “wouldn’t hit.”

The Invitations No One Wanted to Receive No one admits how nervous they were when the invites went out. They’ll joke about it now. Post about it. Laugh it off in Slack threads and group chats. But when those envelopes first landed, no return address, no branding, just a matte black card that read “You’ve been nominated. Attendance strongly recommended.”, people checked the categories twice. Some checked with legal. Others checked their last three product launches.

In a scene more predictable than a THC-infused seltzer brand posting a mocktail recipe nobody asked for, a cannabis CEO reportedly entered the marketing department today and unleashed the annual trauma trigger: “Sooo… what are we doing for 4/20?” Eyewitnesses say the room immediately filled with the sound of collective soul evaporation, described by OSHA as “similar to a Roomba choking on a gummy worm.”

A cannabis industry CEO confirmed this week that his bold strategy of sliding into women’s LinkedIn direct messages has produced exactly zero romantic outcomes, leaving the executive both confused and mildly offended.

LAS VEGAS - Tourists expecting neon excess at Planet 13 Las Vegas this weekend instead found something even more surreal: Dan Bilzerian behind the counter asking if they prefer sativa or “something chill.” Yes. That Dan.

In a stunning development that absolutely no one outside a cannabis executive Slack channel saw coming, several multi-state operators are now being sued by the Ohio Attorney General for allegedly doing the one thing capitalism is extremely clear about: Agreeing on prices. Together. On purpose.

In a bold legal maneuver straight out of the “Please Stop Looking at That” playbook, Trulieve is reportedly suing Ganja Leaks for $750,000 in defamation after videos surfaced showing mold in Trulieve grow facilities, allegedly filmed by a former employee who, crucially, did not invent the mold.

The cannabis sector rallied this week after Washington whispered the word “rescheduling” again, an event that reliably sends weed stocks sprinting into traffic like a neglected dog hearing keys jingle. Within hours, analysts were back on television explaining, earnestly, solemnly, with charts, that this time is different. Capital flooded in. Group chats lit up. Retail traders dusted off brokerage apps they swore they’d deleted in 2022. Somewhere, a junior analyst updated a Po

Missouri didn’t just legalize cannabis. It legalized shortcuts. From day one, the state built a system where vertical integration dominates, cultivation, manufacturing, and retail bundled together under the same ownership umbrellas. On paper, it was supposed to create efficiency. In practice, it created a closed circuit where shelf space is decided long before a customer ever walks through the door.

We set out with noble intentions. Real journalism shit. Different dispensaries. Different brands. Different vibes. We wanted variety. Terps. Personality. Maybe, god forbid, weed that tastes like it was grown this decade. Instead, we accidentally speedran The Good Day Farm Cinematic Universe.

Somewhere off a two-lane highway, behind a “No Trespassing” sign that hasn’t worked since Obama. Boof du Jour has located the source of your state’s most “exclusive,” “small-batch,” “hand-trimmed,” “top-shelf,” “award-winning” flower.

What began as a routine “solidarity outreach” event between UFCW Local 21 organizers and cannabis workers ended Tuesday afternoon in chaos, confusion, and a fully sanctioned strike - against the union itself - after several organizers reportedly tried weed for the first time and immediately realized they were the problem.

Trump “Rescheduling” Cannabis: What This Actually Does (And Who It Screws Anyway)

By Boof du Jour - The Only Publication Josh Can’t Roll Up and Smoke The resurrection of High Times was supposed to be wholesome. A comeback story. A phoenix rising from 30 years of unpaid invoices and whatever that Reg A scam fever dream was supposed to be. Instead, the once-iconic brand has reportedly devolved into a workplace so unstable it makes Vice look like a Fortune 500 development camp. Sources inside the RAW-powered High Times reboot describe an atmosphere best su

Congress didn’t tighten hemp rules — they accidentally carpet-bombed the entire industry. With one sloppy amendment, they killed Delta-8, THCA, minor cannabinoids, and most CBD products. Boof du Jour breaks down the federal panic attack that turned hemp into contraband overnight.

Curio Wellness, Maryland’s corporate mindfulness brand, just bought Missouri’s loudest weed shops and is repainting the trap-house vibe into taupe. Boof du Jour covers the culture clash between real weed people and the PowerPoint prophets trying to fix what wasn’t broken.

Eaze was once the “Uber of weed.” After bankruptcy and a fire sale, the brand has reappeared in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury. But the comeback feels less like a rebirth and more like a hospice wing for a unicorn that investors already buried.

California cut its cannabis excise tax from 19% to 15%, a supposed lifeline for a $4B market already on life support. Will this revive legal weed—or just delay the obituary?

Ayr Wellness has shuttered its Manchester, CT cannabis drive-thru after reporting $134M in 2024 losses. Patients lost a key access point, while investors got stuck with another MSO “innovation” turned corporate foreclosure.

Trulieve calls it “pruning to bloom.” The reality? Exiting California, Massachusetts, and Nevada while bragging about 725,000 loyalty members — and still ignoring the death of Lorna McMurrey. Our exposé uncovers regulator silence, financial spin, and a company pivoting straight into a mountain.

New York’s $1.5B cannabis market is now monitored by a login screen no one can access — thanks to vendor chaos, OCM delays, and the Track-and-Trace Grift Economy™.

Cannabis execs just wrote a million-dollar check to Trump’s Super PAC—and called it “advocacy.” We track the donor list, political spin, and the stench of desperation.

After an ICE raid rocked Glass House Farms, CEO Kyle Kazan reportedly replaced undocumented labor with Oompa Loompas — literally. This satirical exposé unpacks California weed’s most deranged pivot yet, where cosplay, compliance, and corporate delusion collide.

The DEA’s mid-2025 cannabis report proves reform is a farce. Quotas stay. Licenses stall. Rescheduling is just theater. Boof breaks down the real playbook.

One JuicyFields scammer is still free, still rich, and still pitching bullshit from an Airbnb in Spain. We found him. He rolled a blunt. We rolled tape.

Lexachrom, a New York cannabis testing lab, bailed mid-recall after clearing toxic flower for shelves. No answers, no arrests. Our field correspondent digs into the empty lab, vanished CEO, and broken regulatory state that let it all happen.

McKee Foods enters the THC arena with “Lil Debbie,” a Black cartoon reboot of their iconic snack cake brand—now selling infused brownies at gas stations. It’s not a rebrand. It’s weaponized nostalgia for stoners, with a side of corporate cringe.

New York’s latest cannabis recall proves one thing: the Office of Cannabis Management can’t manage shit. With pesticides in circulation and labs waving red flags weeks ago, regulators waited until the shelves were nearly empty to act.

Oversupply, sales drops, and total desperation — Michigan’s cannabis market is falling apart. Some dispensaries are stuffing weed in ceiling tiles to hit quotas.

Glass House Farms is under fire after ICE agents raided the site for child labor. A worker is dead, hundreds arrested, and the CEO is still spinning mids into “innovation.” Boof du Jour reports from the crime scene disguised as a grow op.

Trulieve just pledged $250K to Matt Gaetz if he can convince Trump to federally legalize weed. This is not satire. Well, not just.

TerrAscend just nuked its Michigan operations, screwing over workers and blaming the market. Boof du Jour breaks down the spin, the bullshit, and the brand's next doomed move.

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