Amazon is pushing for cannabis to be federally legalized, the online commerce giant has announced.
In a statement released on Tuesday morning, the company said:
“Given our previous support for legalizing cannabis at the federal level, as well as expunging certain criminal records and investing in impacted businesses and communities, Amazon recently announced our support for, and began actively lobbying on, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act).”
The company said that part of the reason for its lobbying effort was to make hiring easier, reports Business Insider.
“We’ve found that eliminating pre-employment testing for cannabis allows us to expand our applicant pool,” Amazon senior VP of human resources Beth Galetti said.
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