Chris Harvey, who serves as head of equity strategy at Wells Fargo Securities, addressed the issue during a conference call on Wednesday.
And some of you know this and some, this may be new,” Harvey continued on the call, which was first noted by CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla .
Federal transportation law stipulates that safety sensitive jobs like trucking require drug testing policies.
The FBI updated its hiring policies last year to make it so candidates are only automatically disqualified from joining the agency if they admit to having used marijuana within one year of applying.
Weedmaps says the timing of the release is intentional, pegged to the Super Bowl, which is one of the most coveted events for advertising opportunities that regularly features alcohol brands.
The group also noted that the state has registered nearly 170,000 medical cannabis patients, and sales of marijuana products exceeded $200 million last year alone.
For example, a Republican lawmaker is again making a push to place cannabis legalization on the ballot.
A separate campaign, Fair Access Missouri, is separately exploring multiple citizen initiatives with the hopes of getting at least one on the ballot next year.
The company’s public policy division said on Tuesday that it is “pleased to endorse” the legislation from Rep.
But it later disclosed that the policy change would also be retroactive, meaning former workers and applicants who were punished for testing positive for THC will have their employment eligibility restored.
The reason for the move away from marijuana testing was multifaceted, Amazon said at the time.
Mace’s legislation has been characterized as an attempt to bridge a partisan divide on federal cannabis policy.
The reason for that response largely comes down to the fact that there’s skepticism that Democratic-led legalization bills—including the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act that Amazon has also endorsed—will be able to pass without GOP buy-in.