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DOT Compliance Notice Regarding Marijunana
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Marijuana in the workplace webinar is a success!
Trump Seeks to Improve E-Verify System
Trump Establishes Commission to Combat Drug Addiction & Opioid Crisis!
DOT Seeks to Add Synthetic Opioids to Its Drug Testing Panel
Drug Abuse Isn't Just About Street Drugs Like Marijuana.
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 regulation about the use of marijuana by safetysensitive transportation employees pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit firearmed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.
We want to make it perfectly clear that the state initiatives will have no bearing on the Department of Transportation's regulated drug testing program. The Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason. It remains unacceptable for any safety-sensitive employee subject to drug testing under the Department of Transportation's drug testing regulations to use marijuana. We want to assure the traveling public that our transportation system is the safest it can possibly be.
Jim Swart Office of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT)
Your refusal to submit to a drug or alcohol test is generally equivalent to testing positive to a drug or alcohol test. You must immediately be removed from performing safety-sensitive functions (i.e., driving CMVs) until successful completion of the return-to-duty process with a DOT-qualified substance abuse professional. The DOT regulations outline refusals to test for drugs and alcohol. Some refusals are determined by medical review officers (49 CFR Part 40 Subpart G) and alcohol technicians (49 CFR Part 40 Subpart N). For others, the determination is the employer's responsibility. Refusals to submit to a drug or alcohol test are defined in §382.107. The employee handbook available on the ODAPC Web site provides examples of conduct that the regulations define as refusing a test (49 CFR Part 40 Subpart I and Subpart N) and what happens if you test positive, refuse a test, or violate FMCSA regulations. It is, therefore, critical to understand the specific circumstances that define a refusal, which can be found in §40.191, §40.261 and §382.107.
See more at: www.fmcsa.dot.gov
The following list of Ten Steps to Re-establish the Integrity of the Immigration System would make great strides toward ending illegal immigration, assisting struggling American workers, and making our communities safer. Many of these items are already federal law but simply ignored by the current and past Administrations. Legislation has been introduced to repair much of the rest.
End catch-and-release of illegal aliens by requiring that they are detained until removal.
Source: http://bit.ly/2oDvzAx
Young adult party-goers in New York City are using dangerous new designer drugs, often without knowing it, researchers warn These drugs include "bath salts" such as flakka and butylone. The synthetic chemicals are common additives in drugs such as ecstasy or "Molly," said study co-author Joseph Palamar.
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President Trump established a Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. The Commission will be chaired by Governor Chris Christie and will be responsible for studying the scope and effectiveness of the Federal response to drug addiction and the opioid crisis. Read More Below:
Sec. 8. Termination of Commission. The Commission shall terminate 30 days after submitting its final report unless extended by the President prior to that date.
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In January, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register in which it proposes to amend its drug testing program regulation to add four synthetic opioids (hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone and oxycodone) to its drug testing panel. DOT also proposes to add methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) as an initial test analyte and remove methylenedioxymethamphetamine, (MDEA) as a confirmatory test analyte.
DOT explained that it will maintain the current five-panel test, but will change the name of the opiates category to "opioids" and will include the four new synthetic opioid drugs.
adding three new "fatal flaws" to the existing list of four "fatal flaws" currently found in Part 40;
add clarification of the term "prescription" during MRO review;
For decades, use of the inhaled, legal high known as "poppers" has been common in dance clubs. But new research suggests the drug might pose a danger to club-goers' vision.
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Legal medicines, over-the-counter & prescription are the most commonly abused drugs in the U.S. Realize that sedatives like Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, and Sleep Medicines. Painkillers like Codeine and Morphine, OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin. Stimulants like Amphetamines and Methylphenidate. Even over-the-counter cold and cough medicines and decongestants like Pseudoephedrine can also cause a euphoric high, dependence, addiction and problems with workplace safety. Learn more: http://wb.md/2c4Rw7r