Business

Why Amazon cares if weed is legal

By Alex Halperin
Sep 23, 2021
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More than most big tech companies, Amazon has taken an active interest in legalization.Earlier this year it came out in support of the MORE Act, the progressive bill which would federally decriminalize, and said it would stop testing most employees...

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