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Amazon Is Officially Lobbying On Cannabis

Early this morning, ​Amazon officially registered to lobby for cannabis issues


On June 1, Amazon became the largest and most mainstream company in the world to support the end of federal cannabis prohibition in the United States. 

The company announced that it would stop drug testing its employees for cannabis use, unless they hold positions under the purview of the Department of Transportation, and that its “public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act)—federal legislation that would legalize marijuana at the federal level, expunge criminal records, and invest in impacted communities.”

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