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Government, Business, Technology

Trump Announces Chips, Drug Probes, Opening Door to Tariffs

President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration pressed forward with plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports by initiating probes led by the Commerce Department.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Safety

Supreme Court Sides With Truck Driver in CBD Oil Case

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a truck driver who tested positive for marijuana and was fired from his job after he used what he argued was a mislabeled CBD oil product.

April 3, 2025
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Retains Fleets' 50% Random Drug Testing Rate in 2025

Motor carriers must continue to conduct random drug tests with 50% of their truck drivers and random alcohol tests with 10% of their drivers in 2025, FMCSA announced.

January 16, 2025
Business, Safety

FMCSA Warning: Drivers Who Drug-Test Positive Will Lose CDLs

鈥淏y November 18, 2024, as part of new federal regulations, drivers with a 鈥榩rohibited鈥 status in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse will lose or be denied their state-issued commercial driving privileges.鈥 FMCSA warns truck drivers who drug-test positive will lose their CDLs starting late next year.

November 30, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

ATA Honors Lawmakers鈥 Fentanyl Response

WASHINGTON 鈥 The charitable arm of American Trucking Associations recognized members of Congress who are working to raise awareness of fentanyl addiction in the United States.

October 3, 2023
Business, Safety

Drug Positivity Rate in US General Workforce Hit 14-Year High in 2018

The rate of U.S. general workforce drug positivity hit a 14-year high in 2018, according to a new drug testing analysis released April 11 by Quest Diagnostics.

April 11, 2019
Government, Business, Safety

Quest Analysis: Drug Use Among Workers Holds at High Rate

Driven by increases in cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana, drug use in 2017 by the general U.S. workforce held steady at its highest rate in more than a decade, according to an analysis by drug test lab Quest Diagnostics.

May 8, 2018
Government, Safety

Despite Mandate, Hair Testing Rule Still Months Away

A proposed rule that would allow trucking companies to conduct government-certified pre-employment drug testing using hair samples likely will not be publicly released until the end of 2017 or early 2018, according to a top official with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

March 20, 2017
Government, Safety

DOT Drug Testing Shows Marijuana Most Common, But Amphetamine Use Rising Fastest

While more commercial motor vehicle drivers tested positive for marijuana in 2015 than any other drug screened in mandated pre-employment and random tests given by motor carriers, the rate of positive tests for amphetamines continues to climb at a rapid rate.

June 2, 2016
Safety

Doctors: Keep Drivers Off Road If Using Certain Prescriptions

ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥 Doctors who advise federal regulators said last week that truck drivers should be kept off the road if they鈥檙e taking prescribed drugs such as OxyContin and Percodan, but they declined to recommend changes because current rules allow drivers legal use of the drugs.

November 3, 2014