{"id":549687,"date":"2021-06-02T14:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T18:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549687"},"modified":"2021-06-02T14:36:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T18:36:35","slug":"amazon-announces-end-to-marijuana-testing-vows-to-actively-push-for-federal-legalization-expunging-criminal-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-announces-end-to-marijuana-testing-vows-to-actively-push-for-federal-legalization-expunging-criminal-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Announces End To Marijuana Testing, Vows To \u2018Actively\u2019 Push For Federal Legalization, Expunging Criminal Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-announces-end-to-marijuana-testing-vows-to-actively-push-for-federal-legalization-expunging-criminal-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549687&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229020388-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, Amazon announced that they would be updating their drug testing policy, and will no longer be including marijuana as part of their drug screening programs. In addition, the Big Tech giant stated that they would \u201cactively\u201d support the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act), which would legalize marijuana at the federal level and expunge criminal records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn addition to changing our Time off Task policy, we\u2019re adjusting our drug testing policy. In the past, like many employers, we\u2019ve disqualified people from working at Amazon if they tested positive for marijuana use,\u201d Amazon\u2019s Worldwide Consumer CEO, Dave Clark, announced in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/operations\/update-on-our-vision-to-be-earths-best-employer-and-earths-safest-place-to-work\"><span>blog post<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cHowever, given where state laws are moving across the U.S., we\u2019ve changed course. 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. We will continue to do impairment checks on the job and will test for all drugs and alcohol after any incident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd because we know that this issue is bigger than Amazon, our public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act) \u2014 federal legislation that would legalize marijuana at the federal level, expunge criminal records, and invest in impacted communities,\u201d Clark added. \u201cWe hope that other employers will join us, and that policymakers will act swiftly to pass this law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The MORE act was introduced in the House last month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/06\/02\/amazon-legal-weed-marijuana-legalization-cannabis-industry-screening-more-act\/\">Fortune<\/a>\u00a0explains, and \u201cproposes making recreational marijuana use legal in the United States on a federal (rather than state) level, and releasing people who were jailed on non-violent marijuana-related offenses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ACLU is also pushing the MORE act, tweeting, \u201c<\/span><span>Black people continue to be disproportionately affected by existing drug laws today,\u201d and claiming \u201cThe MORE Act can change that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9041916167665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Black people continue to be disproportionately affected by existing drug laws today. <\/p>\n<p>The MORE Act can change that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j2QIj4rMum\">https:\/\/t.co\/j2QIj4rMum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACLU (@ACLU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU\/status\/1399804947781361675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Responding to Amazon\u2019s announcement, Matt Sutton, Director of Media Relations at the Drug Policy Alliance, provided a statement from the Executive Director of the New York City-based non-profit organization, Kassandra Frederique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs the United States\u2019 second largest private employer, Amazon committing to no longer test those of its 1.3 million employees not regulated by DOT for marijuana \u2014 and publicly supporting the MORE Act \u2014 is a huge step forward in eliminating one of the main ways the drug war has robbed so many of their livelihoods,\u201d said Frederique. \u201cDrug testing has never provided an accurate indication of a person\u2019s ability to perform their job, and yet this incredibly invasive practice has locked out millions of people who use drugs \u2014 both licit and illicit \u2014 from the workplace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Frederique continued to \u201cimplore Amazon and other employers to let this be the starting point and not the goal post,\u201d and that this move can be a \u201ccatalyst to a much larger move,\u201d with the ending of \u201cdrug testing for all drugs.\u201d According to the Executive Director, this \u201cwould ensure a more just and equitable future for millions of people, especially Black, Brown and Indigenous communities who have been disproportionately impacted by these policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The statement concluded by urging the House of Representatives to \u201cswiftly pass the MORE Act absent of a harmful provision that was added to exclude federal workers of drug testing protections.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A Gallup poll in October 2020 indicated that \u201c<\/span><span>68 percent of Americans said the use of marijuana should be legal, the highest support for marijuana legalization since the polling organization first asked in 1969,\u201d as reported by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/house-marijuana-republicans-election\/2020\/12\/04\/db2b00a8-35b0-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html\"><span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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