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The e-commerce company's public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act), which seeks to legalize marijuana at the federal level, its consumer boss Dave Clark said in a blog post.

It's so weird that these companies just publicly have full, dedicated teams to support or kill whatevers laws they feel like. Is Amazon even vaguely related to Weed?

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> Is Amazon even vaguely related to Weed?

> The e-commerce company

The bigger involvement is indirect I think and was also plainly stated in the quote.

Amazon employs humans, which are potential users of this substance. If using this substance significantly reduces the cognitive ability of their workforce, they'd have an issue.

Amazon (amazon.com side)'s revenue depends on consumer behavior. If marijuana use in the general population is thought to change consumer behavior in their favor, then they would be foolish not to support it. This effect probably outweighs any worker productivity issues that might be introduced.

Use has been correlated with increased impulsive behavior: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330120/

> Is Amazon even vaguely related to Weed

Can you sell it? If so - Amazon is related to it or would like to be.

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