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Amazon to end screening staff for cannabis, supports federal legalization bill 

Amazon changed its stance on cannabis on Tuesday, disclosing that it will not screen for the drug for most of its employees while supporting a legalization bill recently re-entered into U.S. Congress. The world's second-biggest retailer – and the U.S.'s largest employer, with 800,000 staff  – said it will no longer consider a positive test for marijuana use as disqualifying when hiring new employees. In a blog post, Dave Clark, the chief executive officer of Amazon’s global retail and logistics business said the company's public policy team will also support The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021. That bill will legalize marijuana at the federal level, expunge criminal records, and invest in impacted communities, Clark said. Leafly editor Bruce Barcott writes in an opinion column that Amazon's policy shift is a sign that the retailer may start selling cannabis in the U.S. as it already launched a pilot project to sell alcohol, another regulated substance, in 12 cities.