Amazon endorsed legal weed. Will it now fight to make it happen?

Jul 21, 2021 View Original Article
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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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"The company had preliminary conversations about whether to get involved in the national conversation on CBD -- a substance contained in the caabis plant that was federally legalized in 2018 -- and marijuana last year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, but there were internal disagreements about whether the company should do so and what the optics would be."
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"It's a big deal for such a large employer, and an employer and a company that nearly every American household interacts with in some way, to endorse the MORE Act, said Chelsea Parsons, the Center for American Progress' acting vice president for criminal justice reform."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The company had preliminary conversations about whether to get involved in the national conversation on CBD -- a substance contained in the cannabis plant that was federally legalized in 2018 -- and marijuana last year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, but there were internal disagreements about whether the company should do so and what the optics would be.
46% : "It's a big deal for such a large employer, and an employer and a company that nearly every American household interacts with in some way," to endorse the MORE Act, said Chelsea Parsons, the Center for American Progress' acting vice president for criminal justice reform.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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