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CBD: One trucker’s answer to chronic pain, opioid addiction
The tale of one trucker’s use of a CBD product with a small amount of THC in it to get the addiction monkey of longtime opioid use for chronic pain “off my back,” he says. The current regs around CBD essentially ask him to “put the monkey back on my back,” he says. “No thank you.” …
December 2, 2019
Business
As feds drag feet on driver drug testing updates, carrier group presses for larger reforms
Urine and hair testing are both reliable indicators of drug use, but different in their detection windows. Find out more on Overdrive.
July 10, 2018
Business
Carrier coalition pushes for required hair sample drug tests for driver applicants
Trucking Alliance pushes Congress for hair sample testing despite the Department of Health and Human Services lack of guidelines following the 2015 FAST Act.
May 8, 2018
Business
DOT adding four opioids to drug testing panel for truckers
New drugs that drivers will be tested for include hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone. The drugs are usually taken as pills. According to the CDC, opioid abuse has seen a dramatic increase in recent years.
November 10, 2017
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