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Proposal to Add Fentanyl to DOT Testing - Add Your Voice
• Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Fentanyl to the Department of Transportation's...
Tamara Cagney
Sep 31 min read
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Fentanyl Approved for Federal Workforce -- DOT Next
Federal workforce drug testing guidelines have been approved to remove screening for MDMA—which has only rarely appeared in workers’...
Tamara Cagney
Feb 181 min read
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Tamara Cagney
Sep 28, 20240 min read
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Proposed marijuana reclassification raises more questions than it answers
By John Worthen - September 3, 2024 The Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed shifting marijuana from Schedule I (substances...
Tamara Cagney
Sep 6, 20244 min read
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DOT’s Oral Fluid Testing Stalls Due to Lack of Labs
Alternative Testing Method Was Approved More Than a Year Ago U.S. Department of Transportation drug testing of truck drivers using oral...
Tamara Cagney
Aug 8, 20241 min read
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171,000 Drivers are at risk of having their CDLs downgraded
Thousands of truck drivers risk losing their commercial driving privileges in a matter of months due to violations recorded in a federal...
Tamara Cagney
Jul 24, 20241 min read
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Calling All SAPs -- Employment Opportunity with ODAPC
USAJOBS - Job Announcement Policy and Technical Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Drug...
Tamara Cagney
Jun 10, 20241 min read
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Rescheduling Marijuana is a Process Not a Policy – How do I comment on the proposed change?
Notice of proposed rulemaking. Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. The Department of Justice proposes to transfer...
Tamara Cagney
May 27, 20241 min read
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DEA Onboard Moving Marijuana to Schedule III, However DOT is Not on the Same Track
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The DEA’s proposal, which still must...
Tamara Cagney
Apr 30, 20241 min read
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Seeing More Test Refusals?
As more states legalize marijuana, a new federal report shows that the number of positive drug tests among commercial drivers fell last...
Tamara Cagney
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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May 14-16 – Road Inspections Will Focus on Substance Abuse
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck is scheduled for May 14-16 this year with a focus on two...
Tamara Cagney
Feb 26, 20241 min read
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FMCSA Issues New Medical Examiner Guidelines
More than eight years in the making, federal trucking regulators have finally approved a new — albeit scaled down — version of the 2024...
Tamara Cagney
Feb 8, 20241 min read
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New SAP Guidelines Revised June 1, 2023
Sets out guidelines for SAP remote assessments. Clarifies the SAPs geographic limitations. You must abide by the geographic limitations...
Tamara Cagney
Dec 14, 20231 min read
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Will fentanyl be added to the DOT panel?
A federal drug advisory group has begun the cumbersome process of placing fentanyl on the list of drugs to test federal safety-sensitive...
Tamara Cagney
Dec 14, 20231 min read
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A new Part 40 updated 11/6/23
Introduces the employer option to add oral fluid drug testing. The U.S. Department of Transportation has published regulations...
Tamara Cagney
Dec 14, 20231 min read
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