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By: Eric Miller, Senior Reporter, Transport Topics More than 100,000 truck drivers have been removed from the industry in the past three years due to positive marijuana tests, and most have not returned, according to a new study by the American […]

By: U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Drug and Alcohol Compliance (ODAPC) As an MRO you have an important and indispensable role in the DOT drug testing process. You act as an independent and impartial ‘gatekeeper’ and you advocate for

By: ASAP On June 1, 2023, the Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) published the updated Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) guidelines, recognizing certain provisions to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) final rule from May 2, 2023. The

By: Quest Diagnostics For over 30 years, lab-based urine testing was the only testing method permitted by most federal government agencies mandating testing by employers, including the US Department of Transportation (DOT). It is the established gold standard of drug

By: Scott Achelpohl A leading nationwide drug-testing lab has found that positive test results for marijuana following on-the-job accidents reached a 25-year high in 2022 among the entire U.S. workforce, while the U.S. government’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse also reflects

By: Eric Miller, Senior Reporter (Transport Topics) It has been more than six years since Congress mandated that the Department of Health and Human Services adopt a drug testing rule allowing the use of hair samples to drug-test drivers and other federal

By: ASAP On April 22, 2023, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted its 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, encouraging citizens to discard unwanted, unused and/or expired medications. We are pleased to share that the DEA collected

By: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) WASHINGTON – DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie” and many of our valued law enforcement, public health, and non-profit partners in recognizing National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Tomorrow represents an important opportunity to

By: Britni Chisenall This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, is joined by Grady Phillips, senior director of strategic accounts at WorkforceQA (WFQA). Phillips previously was president of his father’s company, Corporate Medical

By: John Gallagher WASHINGTON — A revamp of a controversial proposed rule setting standards for using hair to test truckers for drugs has been received by the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. The rewrite was received