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The state of drug testing across the nation

By Jonathan Baktari, MD, CEO of US Drug Test Centers The laws surrounding drug use and employment drug testing are rapidly changing, and many individuals and companies are having a hard time keeping up. The change, though, is needed: With marijuana use for both...

You cannot serve two masters when it comes to marijuana and drug testing

By Bill Current, founder of the Current Consulting Group NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, opposes drug testing. Of course, they favor the use of marijuana and its legalization (their advisory board includes cannabis luminaries like...

DOT Issues Oral Fluid Specimen Collection Procedures Guidelines

The Oral Fluid Specimen Collection Procedures, together with the 49 CFR Part 40, and the U.S. Department of Transportation Operating Administration rules, provide collectors with the information needed in the performance of their collection duties Click here to view...

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Legislative Update 7/2024

By Tim Monahan NDASA is actively engaged in seeking a safety carve-out to protect public safety through continued testing for THC should the U.S. Department of Justice succeed in forcing the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule marijuana, against the findings...

What happens when a DOT employee has a testing violation recorded in the FMCSA Clearinghouse and then changes modes?

What happens when a DOT employee has a testing violation recorded in the FMCSA Clearinghouse and then changes modes?

|By David Perlman, BA, NCAC II, SUDP, EAPIt is not uncommon for an individual to make a career change to another DOT mode of transportation. Transit operators may become truck drivers, merchant mariners may become railroad operators. Also, some employees hold dual...