Apr 30, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT)
At the end of February the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance (ODAPC) released a notice concerning the use of CBD. CBD, or cannabidiol, which is not psychoactive, is one of the many cannabinoids present in...
Apr 13, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Since the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse has gone into effect on January 6, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has reported detecting and identifying approximately 8,000 substance abuse violations. The Clearinghouse, a...
Mar 4, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
In a recent article published in the U.S. magazine Overdrive, senior editor Todd Dills discussed a statement he received from a drug-testing service provider, according to which police officers would not challenge THC-positive drug test results when truck drivers...
Jan 31, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
On January 1, 2020 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services established the structure to include oral fluid specimens in Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs, this means truck drivers could be looking at oral fluid testing in the...
Jan 17, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to a release on Dec. 27th, from the Federal Register, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has increased the minimum annual percentage rate for random testing for truck drivers. In 2019 the annual rate for random testing was 25%, but as of Jan....
Jan 6, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The US Department of Transportation has its latest change coming into effect today, January 6th, 2020. As of today it will be required to report all violations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s drug and alcohol testing program through their online...
