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By Cristina Commendatore, American Trucker Although the industry knew the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse was inevitable, less than three months into the new rule, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and created additional confusion. The Federal Motor […]

By: Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver The feds warn commercial drivers that it could show up on drug tests, saying many CBD products do contain some THC, the psychoactive part of marijuana, even if it’s not supposed to be there. While

By: ASAP When an employee fails a Department of Transportation (DOT) drug test, the employee must complete the Return-To-Duty process with a DOT qualified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) to be approved to go back to work. This is a program

By: Sean Szymkowski, TuSimple The US will be home to a world-first in the Autonomous Freight Network, designed to bring self-driving semi trucks to market in a safe manner. San Diego-based startup TuSimple is its creator, and it’s brought some

By Joe Elia, NEJM Journal Watch Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH New research, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests a potential effect of legalizing recreational cannabis use on traffic-fatality rates. One study examined traffic-fatality rates in Colorado and

By Brendan Bures, The French Toast A new review in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology states that more than two million people with an underlying heart condition use marijuana or have used marijuana in the past year.

May 2020, FMCSA Clearinghouse put out their first monthly summary report. Some of the highlights are that there have been more than 900,000 inquiries and 20,000 violations reported on the Clearinghouse website, Positive drug tests account for 80% of reported

By: Heavy Duty Trucking Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a temporary waiver letting employers skip pre-employment drug testing for certain drivers as the economy works to recover from COVID-19 shutdowns. The waiver, which went into effect

By: John Gallagher, FreightWaves Marijuana is by far the drug of choice among drivers testing positive for controlled substances, according to data compiled by the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. In the first detailed summary report of the clearinghouse, released

By American Association of Nurse Anesthetists As part of the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife” celebration, the American Nurses Association “will expand National Nurses Week, traditionally celebrated from May 6 to May 12 each year, to a month-long celebration in May