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MSOs, leadership disasters, HR implosions, and the slow death of “company culture.” It’s not just weed anymore — it’s a tax strategy.
CORPORATE WEED ROT


Los Angeles Launches Cannabis Tax Amnesty Program After Discovering the Entire Industry Is Broke
Los Angeles is considering a cannabis tax amnesty program after discovering more than 500 licensed operators collectively owe roughly $400 million in unpaid taxes. The proposal may recover only a fraction of the debt, exposing a harsh reality the industry has been ignoring for years: the economics of legal cannabis in California never worked.
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Cannabis CEO “Shocked and Confused” After Sliding Into 87 LinkedIn DMs and Not Getting Laid Once
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.
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Dan Bilzerian Spotted Working the Counter at Planet 13, Tells Customer “Yeah Bro, This One’s Indica… I Think”
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.
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Ohio MSOs Shocked to Learn “Everyone Charge the Same” Is Still Illegal
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.
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Trulieve Sues Mold for Defamation, Accidentally Names Ganja Leaks Instead
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.
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Cannabis Stocks Surge After Investors Once Again Believe the Government Loves Them
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
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MISSOURI RECIPROCITY: THE “YOU CARRY MY SHIT, I’LL CARRY YOURS” ECONOMIC SYSTEM
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.
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FIELD DISPATCH: We Tried Shopping Around. Somehow Ended Up in the Same Mid-Ass Simulation Every Time.
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.
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FIELD DISPATCH: We Found the “Premium” Indoor Flower - It’s an Outdoor Field Wearing a Blazer
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.
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UFCW Local 21 Goes on Strike Against Itself After Members Accidentally Do a Dab
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.
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Trump “Rescheduling” Cannabis: What This Actually Does (And Who It Screws Anyway)
Trump “Rescheduling” Cannabis: What This Actually Does (And Who It Screws Anyway)
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HIGH TIMES HOSTAGE SITUATION: RAW CEO EXPLODES AT ANY MENTION OF ‘BOOF DU JOUR’ AS STAFF ARE FORCED TO EAT PAPERS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD
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
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Hemp’s Last Stand: Congress Accidentally Nukes a Whole Industry Because They Don’t Know What the Hell a Cannabinoid Is
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.
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From Gas to Gratitude Journals: A Trap House Rebrand
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.
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Eaze 2.0: From Billion-Dollar Hype to Haight Street Hospice
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.
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Too Broke to Tax: California’s Cannabis Market Gets a “Break”
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?
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Ayr-geddon in Manchester: The Drive-Thru Dispensary Dies
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.
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Trulieve Declares Victory, Retreats From Battlefield With 40% Casualties
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.
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NEW YORK’S $1.5B SEED-TO-SALE SYSTEM IS NOW JUST A FANCY DOWNLOAD SCREEN
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™.
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Marijuana Industry Just Paid $1 Million for a Back Rub from MAGA
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.
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BREAKING: Kyle Kazan Replaces Undocumented Workers with Oompa Loompas, Declares Himself "Mr. Wonka" of Weed
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.
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Inside the DEA’s Mid-2025 Cannabis Control Brief
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.
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I Tracked Down a JuicyFields Scammer. He’s Still Rich.
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.
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Lexachrom is Dead. The Weed is Still Poison. The State is Still Asleep.
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.
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From Snack Aisle to Smoke Circle: Lil Debbie Goes THC
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.
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Weed Sprayed With Poison? Just Label It 'Sustainable': Inside New York’s Pesticide Recall and the Empire of Compliance Theater
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.
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Too Much Weed, Not Enough Brain Cells: Michigan’s Cannabis Crash
Oversupply, sales drops, and total desperation — Michigan’s cannabis market is falling apart. Some dispensaries are stuffing weed in ceiling tiles to hit quotas.
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ICE RAIDS GLASS HOUSE FARMS FOR CHILD LABOR, COMPANY SAYS “THEY WERE JUST SMALL BUDTENDERS”
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.
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TRULIEVE PLEDGES $250K TO GAETZ IN HISTORIC BID TO LEGALIZE WEED, BRIBE A CONGRESSMAN, AND KILL A BRAND — ALL AT ONCE
Trulieve just pledged $250K to Matt Gaetz if he can convince Trump to federally legalize weed. This is not satire. Well, not just.
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TERRASCEND FLEES MICHIGAN, LEAVES WORKFORCE FUCKED
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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Donald Trump Joins Good Day Farm Board, Declares War on ‘Boof Prices,’ Unions, and Ugly Dispensary Owners
Filed from a bunker somewhere under Bentonville, Arkansas, where the kush is mid, the vibes are worse, and the C-suite just went full...
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Salvia fueled Elon now auditing backwoods of the Ozarks
I am Muskaline! I see all timelines! OSAGE BEACH, MO — It’s 1:38 a.m. I’m hiding behind what I thought was a hay bale, but it’s just a...
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Delta Extraction Quietly Builds Underground Tunnel to Streamline Cannabis Supply Chain
Have You Seen Our Tunnel? It’s Literally Cooler Down There. Like, Temperature-Wise. SOMEWHERE BELOW MISSOURI — I’ve been crawling...
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Struggling Dispensaries Now Using OnlyFans to Boost Customer Loyalty Signups
You’d be shocked how many dudes will give us their email just to see my terp pearls bounce. HEMET, CALIFORNIA — I’m writing this from the...
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Hall of Flowers Doubles Down on Abusers: After Chris Brown Backlash - P. Diddy Tapped as Guest Speaker
This is Hall of Flowers 2025, where cannabis culture has officially OD’d on itself. SANTA ROSA, CA — I’m typing this with my back...
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THE PESCADERO PAYCHECK MASSACRE
They Promised Me Overtime, I Got Rat Shit and a Tent. PESCADERO, CA — I arrived on foot, hungover and underprepared, to what local...
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Mike Waltz Leaves National Security Post for Short-Lived Role at Ember Valley
Reportedly Resigned Before First Meeting After Leaking Falsified Lab Results SANTA ROSA, CA — If you ever wondered what would happen if...
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Cannabis Sales Hit $30 Billion While the Industry Fires the People Who Built It
Cannabis CEOs Cut Jobs, Raise Prices, and Call It ‘Operational Discipline' UNITED STATES, 2025 — In a stunning show of late-capitalist...
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Celadon Executives Step Down to Spend More Time Not Being Investigated
After years of strategic mismanagement and vibes-based accounting, Celadon’s top brass gracefully retreat into the shadows—purely...
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Weedmaps Goes Private Again to “Reconnect With Its Roots” – AKA, Helping Illegal Dispensaries Thrive
Analysts call it “a bold return to the cash-and-crumbs model that built the empire.” IRVINE, CA — In a deeply spiritual move that...
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Utah Officially Becomes the Last Place on Earth to Realize Weed Workers Are Employees
State Officials Celebrate Historic Labor Win by Taking Credit and Leaving Early SALT LAKE CITY, UT — In a stunning act of legal...
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Pennsylvania Launches First State-Run Dispensary: Welcome to the DMV of Weed
Finally, a Dispensary That Feels Like Jury Duty HARRISBURG, PA — In a bold attempt to modernize cannabis sales using 1970s government...
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EX-GROWERS OF GREED: How Michigan Dispensary Timber Cannabis Fucked Their Own Workers
Timber Cannabis , the Michigan-born dispensary brand that looks like a co-working space, just settled a $205,000 lawsuit for wage...
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CBD, Lies, and RICO Charges: Medical Marijuana Inc. May Have Just Snorted the First Domino
By the Boof du Jour Investigative Division, Pissed Off and Fully Medicated SAN DIEGO, CA — It’s a tale as old as weed: slap a label on...
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Steve D’Angelo’s High Orbit: How the Face of Cannabis Justice Burned the Bridge to the People He Claimed to Save
Moon-wrapped marketing, zero prisoners freed, and a legacy of corporate compliance that helped destroy California’s outdoor cannabis...
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MJBizCon Announces Complete Rebrand to CocaineBizCon After Finally Accepting Who Their Audience Is
By Boof du Jour Investigative Team LAS VEGAS — After years of pretending to care about cannabis, MJBizCon finally did what everyone in...
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