By: Drug Enforcement Agency During 2016 and 2017, drug overdose death rates were higher in U.S. cities than rural areas, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. The overdose death rate in 2017 was 22 per 100,000 people in […]
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This NPRM does not change the mandatory use of the Clearinghouse, due to begin on January 6, 2020, for drivers, employers, consortia/third-party administrators (C/TPAs), medical review officers (MROs), and substance abuse professionals (SAPs). Clearinghouse will be fully operational January 6,
Tuesday September 17th- Sandra Serrano & Nicole Hanratty will be facilitating the SAP Focus Group from 4-5pm. Thursday September 19th- Nicole Hanratty presents- The Addiction Commonly Forgotten-Alcohol from 2:45-3:45pm. Don’t forget to visit us at Booth #21. We are here to answer your questions
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ASAP is exhibiting at EAPA September 24-27, Booth #410. Stop by and see us. We can help answer questions about the Clearinghouse coming in January 2020. Join the 2019 global gathering of employee assistance professionals, to be held at the
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Aug. 14 issued a long-awaited proposal to make changes to its hours-of-service rules that would increase truck drivers’ flexibility with their 30-minute rest break and with allocating time in a sleeper berth. The
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Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for Federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of “medical marijuana.” http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/medical-marijuana.pdf We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have
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By Eduardo Romano, Tara Kelley-Baker, Staci Hoff, Angela Eichelberger, Anthony Ramírez. According to a roadside survey conducted in Washington State, 14.1% of drivers with children in the car — nearly one in seven — tested positive for THC, the principal psychoactive
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By National Institute on Drug Abuse Naloxone is a potentially life-saving drug commonly used to reverse opioid overdoses and can be injected as a liquid or delivered as a nasal spray. The fastest method of delivery is through an intravenous
Query plans will be available for purchase on the Clearinghouse website in fall 2019. FMCSA has released the query plan options for employers of CDL drivers. The query plan information is in the attached factsheet, it is also available for
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To ensure you are prepared on January 6, 2020, when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) becomes operational, we want to remind you about an upcoming change related to recording information on the Federal
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