Amazon is stepping up its pro-marijuana campaign, announcing last Tuesday that it is actively
Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior vice president ofHR issues, in her blog, she announced the company's support for two legislation aimed at decriminalizing cannabis across the country. The move comes amid expanding state-level legalization, with 36 states permitting some level of public access to cannabis, and 18 states and Washington, D.C. legalizing recreational cannabis use by adults.
Amazon, which only operates in the US950,000 people, said it supports the relevant bills for a number of reasons – one is the failure of patchy state laws and the fact that pre-employment cannabis testing “disproportionately impacts communities of color”. The company also noted that its ongoing commitment to finding “great new employees” means that getting rid of pre-employment cannabis testing will allow them to recruit from a larger pool of people.
This is a pretty interesting move on Amazon's part.because in many other aspects the company is considered not the best employer. However, Amazon's open-minded approach to cannabis in the eyes of the average person makes it a progressive company. And Amazon clearly does not want to be left behind when modern “draconian” laws will be revised. As the writer Zhvanetsky said: “If you can’t prevent it, lead it.”
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