The National Safety Council states that “No level of Cannabis Use is Safe or Acceptable” for Safety-Sensitive positions. Read the entire story, written by Kathryn J Russo with Jackson Lewis.com, here.
Fiery fatal truck crash on I-94 in Wis. linked to synthetic marijuana http://www.startribune.com/local/165022466.html?refer=y August 4, 2012 – 9:47 PM A man’s death in the crash was the third death of a Minnesotan linked to the dangerously unpredictable substances. A truck driver has been charged with two felonies for allegedly smoking synthetic marijuana before causing a fiery nighttime…
In a landmark decision issued on January 23rd, the US Court of Appeals rejected a petition to consider the Federal reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule I substance in the Control Substance Act. You can read the text of the decision here. You can read an NBC News article about the decision here. What this…
The Clearinghouse will improve highway safety by helping employers, FMCSA, State Driver Licensing Agencies, and State law enforcement to quickly and efficiently identify drivers who are not legally permitted to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) due to drug and alcohol program violations. This secure online database will provide access to real-time information, ensuring that drivers…
Department of Transportation sent this bulletin at 12/03/2012 10:53 AM EST DOT OFFICE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY AND COMPLIANCE NOTICE Recently, some states passed initiatives to permit use of marijuana for so-called “recreational” purposes. We have had several inquiries about whether these state initiatives will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation’s longstanding…
Fox 12 reports on an Oregon resident who wants to warn others about some CBD products. See the entire story here.
If you aren’t testing your employees, you’re probably losing money. Estimates are that a single drug using employee costs his employer between $9,000 and $21,000 per year. The cost to enroll one employee in a random testing program in our system is less than $100 per year.*
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