Cannabis Legalization Gets Support From a Prime Tech Giant

By Forbes|June 3, 2021

The effort to legalize cannabis on the federal level has won a powerful ally: e-commerce and media giant Amazon. According to an article on Forbes.com, the company’s public policy arm now supports a cannabis legalization bill that was reintroduced in the House late last month.

Amazon also announced that it changed its drug testing policy and the company will no longer disqualify employees for marijuana use.

In a blog post published on Tuesday, Dave Clark, the head of Amazon’s global consumer division, wrote about how the company has evolved its thinking concerning cannabis as 17 states have legalized adult-use and over 30 states allow some form of medical cannabis.

“In the past, like many employers, we’ve disqualified people from working at Amazon if they tested positive for marijuana use. However, given where state laws are moving across the U.S., we’ve changed course,” Clark wrote. “We will no longer include marijuana in our comprehensive drug screening program for any positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation, and will instead treat it the same as alcohol use.”

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