Amazon is still moving in the right direction...
Last April, the use of recreational marijuana was legalized
in the state of New York.
Thus "the city that never sleeps" joined the
other 14 American states and the District of Columbia.
And that's not all, since the records of people who
have already been convicted of marijuana-related offenses have been erased.
This is a considerable step forward for the Green GoldEmpire
and Amazon has understood this as has Uber Eats.
That wants to extend its delivery business to the
cannabis sector when its consumption is fully legalized in the United States.
Dave Clark, head of global operations, announced in a
letter to employees that the company supports the bill to legalize marijuana throughout
the US.:
We hope other employers will join us and that members
of the House will move quickly to pass this legislation.
Amazon multinational online retailer
The multinational online retailer has just sent a
letter to all its US employees along with a public statement.
Amazon employees will no longer be screened for
cannabis during recruitment or employment, unless there is a problem.
Amazon also stands in support of the US MORE law on
the federal legalization of weed.
The world-changing one gram at a time is on The
Cannabist.
We knew the multinational company was rather flexible
when it comes to CBD.
But until now the American company Amazon had never
taken a position on the federal legalization of Cannabis.
It is done with a statement made Thursday and reported
by the news agency Reuters.
In two short sentences Dave Clark, the CEO, has just
put the prohibition planet on the floor. Hats off to him!
The legalization of Cannabis: Zero testing
This means that Amazon employees will no longer be
subject to drug testing for Cannabis.
In the case their general attitude is correct and
there are no incidents.
This is the kind of thing that has been done for a
long time with alcohol in companies.
But Cannabis benefited as in France from a rule of
exception: dogmatism.
However, this is not all and Amazon sets the bar a
little higher.
The firm of Bezos now makes an official political
commitment to the federal legalization of cannabis through the MORE Act.
MORE Act: key to legalization
The MORE Act is the key to federal legalization in the
US.
This same legalization allows each state complete
freedom to regulate its cannabis.
But the MORE Act is also, and above all, a national
framework that is legal, equitable.
Also, it geared toward the rehabilitation of the
minorities most affected by prohibition.
Yes, the prohibition of cannabis is a racist and
xenophobic work, as all the studies show.
So Amazon is now taking up the cause of legalization,
which the company will openly support in the USA.
It is a state of mind that takes shape through this
position: An idea that will spread.
Today there are exactly 17 American states where
cannabis for adult use is legal and regulated.
The new frontier is the legality and protection of
financial exchanges, the sanctuary of banking exchanges.
Employment and equal treatment for American entrepreneurs
will be guaranteed by MORE law as MORE justice, MORE freedom, MORE tolerance
towards the most disadvantaged.
The Boss's Dumpling
While the apostles of the very patriotic and
republican war on tricolored drugs are arguing, to the sound of the Marseillaise.
A great country of freedoms is about to renew with
justice.
Amazon gives the LA of a score whose words remain to
be translated.
A hymn of peace and judicial amnesty while France
debates the number of new prisons it should build and deploys more cops
everywhere.
More and more states are taking the plunge.
Amazon is thus positioning itself on the side of the
American left, which regularly criticizes cannabis prohibition.
Because according to many NGOs and elected officials,
these repressive laws disproportionately affect communities with large black
and Latino populations.
"In the past, like many employers, we have
disqualified people for positions at Amazon if they tested positive for marijuana
use," Dave Clark acknowledged.
To keep up with the changing laws in some states, "we
will no longer include marijuana in our extensive drug testing programs,"
he added.
As with alcohol, testing will be done only in the
event of an incident, after the fact.
The governor of New York State signed a law at the end
of March legalizing recreational marijuana.
It is joining 14 other U.S. states where an adult can
smoke a joint without being bothered by the police.
In the wake of this, a class-action lawsuit was
considered to attack Amazon on the grounds that the company was violating a New
York law.
That is by testing job applicants locally before
considering hiring them.
To date, even in states that allow it, Amazon does not
sell marijuana on its platform.
