Nearly half the states now have laws legalizing recreational marijuana, with half of the general population and 41% of truck drivers now living in states where recreational marijuana use is legal.

"This risk is exacerbated by the fact that there is currently no proven, widely accepted standard to determine marijuana impairment at the roadside or before a driver begins operating a vehicle, ...

Positive marijuana tests push many drivers out of the industry, aggravating an existing recruiting and retention challenge. Education and messaging can help keep drivers up-to-date on DOT rules—but ...

June 1 was supposed to be the red-letter day for oral-fluid testing for drug use among transportation employees and truck drivers—except it wasn't. A year after proposed rulemaking, a May 2 decision ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently released a report sharing new data on U.S. truck drivers. The report consists of a year-end ...

The impacts of cannabis legalization on the trucking industry, namely the recent decline in drivers due to strict rules on drug use on drug testing, are already well-documented. However, a new report ...

Just a week after President Joe Biden's administration began winding down a long road toward marijuana rescheduling, Senate Democrats introduced a bill that would deschedule it entirely. That is, the ...

Researchers at the University of Central Arkansas concluded that urinalysis, the primary means of Department of Transportation (DOT) truck driver drug screenings, misses about 90% of actual drug use.

As holiday travel picks up, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Region 1 has intensified random drug testing among public ...

A truck driver who killed two people and injured dozens in a fatal head-on crash with a school bus has been arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide, as well as ordered to cease ...

Charlie Ward, whose father Steven was killed by a drug-driver, said it was "heartbreaking" he would never walk her down the aisle. The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) wants the power to impose ...

A Wellington man has tested positive for methamphetamine while driving with his young daughter in the car. It is the first positive result through the police’s new oral fluid screening testing. The 40 ...