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Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana

Amazon is pushing for legislation to remove hiring impediments, which Amazon has found disproportionately impact individuals of color.

Workers pick items before filling boxes to ship at an Amazon fulfillment center, Aug. 1, 2017, in Romeoville. Now the company is seeking to legalize marijuana nationally so they can hire more people. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Workers pick items before filling boxes to ship at an Amazon fulfillment center, Aug. 1, 2017, in Romeoville. Now the company is seeking to legalize marijuana nationally so they can hire more people. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS)Read moreBrian Cassella / MCT
    by Cristiano Lima and Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post
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