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Thursday, June 03, 2021

Will Amazon sell Marijuana?

Is this imminent?  Certainly there will be negative publicity,  regardless if it is fully legalized by congress.  More generally cannabis?     Is Amazon the likely the supplier that would be most likely retailer to take on such negative wind?  Today they are already selling most anything that is legal.  They are already taking on selling strongly regulated goods like pharma.  Is this different?   Implications and possible boycotts?  More retailer expert comment below. 

Will Amazon become the Amazon of weed if Congress legalizes it?,   Jun 03, 2021,   by George Anderson in Retailwire

Amazon.com stated earlier this week that it supports the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act), proposed legislation that would make the sale and consumption of cannabis products legal across the country. The House of Representatives passed the MORE Act last year but it went nowhere in the Senate where it did not have the requisite 60 votes to pass.

Amazon’s statement included a change in personnel policy that would end the pre-employment testing for the drug for certain positions. The company has decided that it will treat cannabis in the same manner it does alcohol when it comes to its testing procedures.

While the news is significant based on the retailing and technology giant’s economic clout and its role as an employer, it may be causing ripples within the cannabis industry for other reasons.  ... "

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