It has been more than six years since Congress mandated that the Department of Health and Human Services adopt a drug testing rule allowing the use of hair samples to drug-test drivers and other ...

The trucking industry’s decade-long push for hair follicle drug testing is reaching a critical inflection point as the Trump administration prepares to address guidelines that have been delayed ...

Revised guidelines for drug-testing hair scheduled for publishing next year. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has again pushed back its ...

A problem that many medical marijuana consumers face is how to pass hair follicle drug tests in the workplace. Yes, they consume it for medical purposes, but it is only accepted as actual medication ...

Urinalysis is the primary, federally accepted method for administering mandated pre-employment drug tests. Meantime, the Alliance for Driver Safety & Security (also known as the Trucking Alliance) has ...

Proponents of hair-testing for federally required drug testing of truck drivers have had another setback with the denial of a petition to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ... Or have ...

Since even before the U.S. government rolled out the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse for truck drivers more than two years ago, certain freight-hauling stakeholders have pushed forcefully for something ...

Zero emissions. The road to zero. It seems as if zero has ingrained itself in transportation culture as the ultimate endgame, yet we continue to slowly plod toward a zero tolerance for drugs and ...

Across the United States, many employers include drug screening as an integral part of their hiring process. These employers believe that only a drug-free workplace can increase productivity and make ...

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.