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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDUDE. Amazon will no longer drug test workers for cannabis.
Amazon is no longer screening most job candidates for marijuana use, the company announced this week. Instead, it will treat cannabis use the same as alcohol. Amazon has offices in a handful of states and has fulfillment centers in nearly all 50 states. Marijuana is legal in 16 states and Washington, D.C. and medical marijuana is legal in 36 states.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-marijuana-test-job-applicants/
underpants
(182,877 posts)There will be a mad rush of deliveries just before Adult Swim comes on.
Quoph
(14 posts)But given that its Bezos, its probably just for PR reasons.
EYESORE 9001
(25,973 posts)When workers are scarce, it doesnt help when a high (no pun intended) percentage are culled due to positive piss test results for cannabis.
countingbluecars
(4,766 posts)bathroom break (Jimmy Kimmel joke)
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Its a step in the right direction.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)else and the power was off...
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)We've come a long way in the USA. The attitude of most Americans towards "recreational" use of marijuana has swung so far in the last 50 years, that these barriers to employment need to be abandoned.
When an employee uses alcohol on their own time and it doesn't affect their on-the-job performance, that's considered fine by most American companies. How is cannabis any different?
and unlike alcohol, which will leave your system the next day. You can smoke one joint and be positive for weeks so it's only fair.