Brendan Bures Fresh Toast

By Brendan Bures. This article was originally posted on The Fresh Toast. Believe it or not, most doctors are ill-informed on the medicinal and therapeutic benefits of cannabis. While marijuana is legal for medicinal use in 34 states and 11 states have legalized adult use, “evidence suggests...

By Brendan Bures. A report released last month from a House of Commons committee in Canada called for the country to decriminalize all drugs. It was part of an effort to treat addiction as a public health issue, following rising rates of methamphetamine addiction. The Standing Committee on Health...

By Brendan Bures. Two major talking points among Democratic presidential candidates ahead of the 2020 Election has been universal health care and marijuana reform. But those two issues could have more in common than you think. According to one cannabis CEO, opening medicare for all could “...

By Brendan Bures. The University of Maryland just earned some cred within marijuana circles, following an announcement the pharmacy school will offer a graduate degree in medical cannabis. The news comes as a reversal of sorts from the school’s decision two years to cancel previously planned...

By Brendan Bures. Investing in marijuana stocks isn’t a simple proposition. Guides can help lead you down the right path and it’s important to know what a cannabis company doe —tech? processing? distribution? — before investing. Even though marijuana has convinced...

By Brendan Bures. It turns out Japan isn’t the only East Asia country fretting about marijuana reform in North America. At a press conference Monday, Beijing’s leading drug enforcement agency blamed marijuana legalization in Canada and parts of the United States resulting in increased...

By Brendan Bures. In the world of pot stocks, your options are seemingly limitless. To reduce the agony of parsing which stocks might be winners and losers, you might just settle on the biggest names out there. Companies like Tilray Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY) and Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE: CGC), for example...

By Brendan Bures. A word to states considering marijuana legalization: If you approve using the green plant, you’ll receive green back. That’s the latest lesson from Colorado, where state revenue from marijuana sales surpassed $1 billion for the first time. Since Colorado adult-use...

By Brendan Bures. In a historic move, Nevada employers will no longer be able to deny jobs to candidates that test positive for marijuana drug tests. The measure goes into full effect starting January 1, 2020, when Nevada will become the first state to pass a law of this nature. The legislation,...

By Brendan Bures. Ahead of Canada legalizing recreational marijuana, excitement was high around the industry about the country emerging as a world cannabis leader. As one of only two countries with legal adult-use weed — Uruguay being the other — Canada has had every advantage to...

By Brendan Bures. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has already aligned herself with cannabis reform, but now she’s pushing forward legislation that would make it easier for scientists to study the medical efficacy of psychedelics. Ocasio-Cortez’s measure would lift a barrier that...

By Brendan Bures New Yorkers love to joke about its little brother New Jersey, ribbing any and all of that state’s shortcomings, but the pair are two peas on a pod when it comes to marijuana reform. Just as New Jersey did before, New York poised itself as the next state to legalize...

By Brendan Bures Thanks in part to the NFL’s announcement it would study cannabis as a pain management tool, the intersection of marijuana and professional sports has entered the mainstream as of late. Curiosity abounds on whether the plant could be used in recovery and possibly preventing...

By Brendan Bures. For those critical of and against cannabis reform, a reliable worry revolved around potential increases in suicide behavior following widespread marijuana legalization. This was of particular concern when considering those afflicted with psychiatric disorders. Last year,...

By Brendan Bures. Few people are as knowledgeable at understanding economic policy and implementing institutional change than Robert Reich. He is, after all, a man who served in the administrations under Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, while also assisting on Barack Obama...