Global retail giant Amazon has revealed it supports a proposed federal bill in the U.S. to legalise cannabis
In a blog post the company says it will also drop weed-testing requirements for some employees.
Amazon’s consumer boss, Dave Clark, said the company supports the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act which was reintroduced in the House late last month.
The e-commerce company’s public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021, known as the MORE Act, which seeks to legalise marijuana at the federal level, its consumer boss Dave Clark.
Amazon will also no longer screen its job applicants for marijuana use for any positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation.
While many U.S. states have already legalized marijuana use, employers have so far largely refused to work with the industry as cannabis is still a classified substance at the federal level.
