Brendan Bures

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Research suggests marijuana can help you fall asleep, but habitual use could lead to some problems. Between 50 to 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep disorders or intermittent sleep issues, according to...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Though California legalized recreational marijuana, Elon Musk instructed SpaceX employees not to smoke joints. Consider it the marijuana cloud of smoke that refuses to disappear. Around this time last year, tech...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. There remains no known association between heart disease and marijuana consumption, but patients should know the possible risks. After smoking marijuana, users commonly describe the effects as sedative or relaxing....

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 The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Trump has proposed ending a rider provision in his fiscal year 2021 budget plan that protects states with legal medical marijuana from Justice Department interference. In public, President Donald Trump has kept his...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Cannabis companies don’t have the same financial advantages of other companies, meaning success is the only option. As high as waves rise, they all eventually crash. The cannabis industry has learned that...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. While Bernie Sanders has promised to legalize cannabis through executive order, it remains unclear if he has the authority to do so. Bernie Sanders vows to waste no time legalizing marijuana if he becomes president....

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Researchers found those who heavily use cannabis before the age of 16 displayed more impulsive, reckless driving. Safe driving guidelines generally recommend waiting at least an hour per drink you’ve consumed...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Thanks to changes in WADA policies, Olympic athletes can use CBD legally for the first time. A new champion will be crowned when the 2020 Summer Olympics debut in Tokyo. We’re not talking gold medals or world...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Babies exposed to marijuana during pregnancy were ‘small for gestational age,’ adding to a growing body of research around cannabis and infancy. New research out of Minnesota cautions expecting mothers...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. In the short term, marijuana hinders your learning ability, but doesn’t seem to cause long-term impairment. Marijuana makes you dumb. At least according to the tired trope surrounding its use. Back in the day,...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Florida men love sharing their weed, according to reports, though it often lands them in hot water with law enforcement. Everyone has their own definition of spreading Christmas cheer, but this story is one of those...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Bees love hemp. The taller the plant, the greater the number of bees that flock to it, so says a new study. Most of us learn in high school biology class about the mutual friendship bees maintain with flowers....

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. A new report calls into question whether current criminalization of drug dealers actually makes a difference in reducing drug harm and violence. The “drug dealer” is an easy person to problematize and...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Jerry Jones said he expects an ‘adjustment’ around the league’s marijuana prohibition following the leagues’ recent CBA negotiations. When Major League Baseball removed marijuana from its...