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Bob Battles, general counsel and government affairs director for the Association of Washington Business, which has 7,000 members including major employers Boeing and Microsoft, said Wednesday the organization shifted to a more neutral position, citing changes clarifying that it covered only preemployment screening, as well as King’s amendment to exclude positions where impairment could be deadly.

Geller also said the agency conducted a preemployment polygraph, though it’s unclear what that test might have found.

The company announced in June that it would exclude marijuana from some of its preemployment drug screening.

“Preemployment marijuana testing has disproportionately affected communities of color by stalling job placement and, by extension, economic growth,” Amazon spokeswoman Emily Hawkins said in an email.

WSP psychologist Dr. Daniel W. Clark has conducted more than 3,500 preemployment and psychological exams in 27 years at the agency and others.