Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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Trucking Alliance calls for Congress to require truck driver applicants to be drug tested via hair sample

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The Trucking Alliance, a coalition of some of the country’s largest trucking companies, is pressing Congress to require applicants for truck driving jobs to be screened for drug use via hair sample test, rather than the current urine test requirement. Read more

Taking The High Road: Marijuana Tester For Drivers Taking Shape

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As states across the country legalize marijuana use, either for medicinal or recreational purposes, a predictable outcome is that over time more drivers will get behind the wheel under its influence. However, as compared to drivers pulled over for suspicion of drinking and drunk driving, determining impairment from smoking is significantly harder to do.

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Congressional reps ask FMCSA to move quickly in allowing carriers to drug test drivers via hair sample

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Seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter late last month to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expressing their support for allowing a group of large carriers to begin drug testing drivers exclusively via hair sample — but only after the Department of Health and Human Services produces guidelines for such tests. Read more