Farmers Versus the State: The Tenacious Fight for India’s Democracy

Farmers Versus the State: The Tenacious Fight for India’s Democracy

Abstract During the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enacted three agricultural reform laws that adversely impacted the livelihood of Indian farmers. The three laws weakened restrictions that have protected Indian farmers from the free market for decades and consequently left them vulnerable to big corporations that would…

Social Equity: Will the Cannabis Industry Choose to Overcome Its Lack of Diversity?

Social Equity: Will the Cannabis Industry Choose to Overcome Its Lack of Diversity?

Image by Terre Di Cannabis from Pixabay. In the world of legal cannabis, a new phrase has taken over: Social Equity. What does this really mean? Social Equity in the cannabis industry is an attempt to level the playing field for individuals who were negatively impacted by the prohibition of cannabis.         Long before the re-legalization…