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Brendan Bures

Brendan Bures is the Culture Editor at The Fresh Toast.

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Bipartisan Legislation Would Push Veterans Closer To Medical Marijuana Access

According to an American Legion survey, one in five veterans currently uses cannabis to treat a medical condition.

This ‘Walking Dead’ Actor Is Raising Money For Kids Who Need Medical Marijuana

Norman Reedus is partnering with Saving Sophie, a non-profit that collect funds for families who use medical cannabis in their battle with epilepsy and cancer, but need financial support.  

The Current Damage Of Lingering Reefer Madness Propaganda

Though seniors account for the fastest-growing base of cannabis users, they’re also the stingiest in clinging to old stigmas.

Magic Mushrooms Could Be Legal Medicine By 2021

Compass Pathways, a UK-based company, has been granted “breakthrough therapy designation" for their research on psilocybin, which is the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms.

Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed In Texas Has Bipartisan Support

House Bill 63 would penalize those caught with less than an ounce of marijuana with a civil penalty, instead of arrests and criminal records.

Michelle Obama Openly Discusses Marijuana

Obama’s high school boyfriend Dave “fooled around and smoked pot in his car,” she writes in her new book, providing yet another example of the Obamas slowly untangling lingering stigmas around cannabis usage.

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