The word “mandatory” has been batted around in headlines and social media posts the last few weeks describing long-in-the-works reforms to driver drug testing protocol. But what, exactly, will be ...

The biggest bother for cannabis consumers is a drug test. On the one hand, cannabinoids such as CBD & Delta-8 THC are legal, and researchers are on a constant quest to study their medicinal properties ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 3.5 million people in the country work as truck drivers, making up a critically important component of the supply chain. Fleet operators have a duty to keep ...

Federal approval of the hair alternative also would decrease the costs for carriers that currently conduct both urine and hair sample tests, as they would be required to conduct just one of the tests.

Though a band of the country’s largest for-hire motor carriers continue to promote the benefits of screening drivers for drug use via hair sample testing over a urine sample test, a rule from the U.S.

A rule recently proposed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) revives the previously rejected idea of using hair tests in drug screening of federal employees and ...

The Department of Health and Human Services announced via the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that it’s proposing to establish scientific and technical guidelines for the ...

Schneider National Inc. is among trucking companies that use hair samples to test potential employees for drugs. Schneider executives said the urine-based drug test isn’t catching chronic drug abusers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Revised guidelines for drug-testing hair scheduled for publishing next year. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — The U.S.

Since 1988, federal regulations have required commercial drivers to submit urine samples for pre-employment, random, and post-accident testing for prohibited drugs. Ad Loading... Twenty years on, the ...