The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a notice announcing the 2026 DOT random drug testing rates, and truck drivers will see no changes from the last five years. The 2026 random drug ...

The Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that the minimum random drug and alcohol testing rate for safety-sensitive employees will remain unchanged in 2025 from 2024 for most agencies. For ...

Most are not enrolling in the required return-to-duty agency process, according to FMCSA, and seem to be exiting the profession in the midst of a driver shortage. Despite a recent illuminating ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering whether carriers should include positive drug tests obtained via hair follicle testing in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, ...

New DOT regulations cover oral fluids specimen testing for workplace drug and alcohol testing programs. The regulations affect drug and alcohol testing programs covering an estimated eight million ...

Nearly half the states now have laws legalizing recreational marijuana, with half of the general population and 41% of truck drivers now living in states where recreational marijuana use is legal.

The Department of Transportation is revising a requirement that it calls an “inadvertent factual impossibility” from its drug testing procedures. A provision from DOT’s 2023 oral fluid drug testing ...

Big changes are in store for commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders who test positive for drugs or alcohol. In October 2021, FMCSA issued a final rule aimed to improve highway safety. Under the ...