Approval of oral fluid testing for DOT-regulated drug screening procedures is significant. However, despite the rule being published May 2, 2023, with an effective date of June 1, 2023, there's a ...

The addition later this year of oral-fluid drug testing for marijuana, which typically detects use only for up to 72 hours after use, could allow truck drivers to use the drug and avoid detection, ...

The Department of Transportation is proposing to add new drug testing guidelines that would permit motor carriers to test truck drivers using oral fluid samples as an alternative to urine testing.

It’s been a long time in the works, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has published a final rule that amends the federal regulated industry drug-testing program to include oral fluid specimen ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation is revising its drug and alcohol testing procedures that were finalized in May 2023 that authorized oral fluid drug testing as an additional methodology for ...

The Department of Transportation has proposed a rule allowing oral-fluid testing as an alternative to urine-testing for drugs and alcohol among safety-sensitive workers. The Department of ...

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With more than 230,000 positive drug tests since 2020, how the trucking industry detects drivers’ drug use is an important topic. Currently, Department of Transportation drug testing relies entirely ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Feb. 28 added the testing of oral fluid as a method of drug screening for DOT-regulated workplaces—including trucking—in a proposed rulemaking. The new ...

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A mouth swab drug test is a screening test used to detect substance use. It’s also referred to as a saliva drug test or oral fluids drug test. Saliva tests are being used more often as an alternative ...

Substance abuse in the United States isn’t a new phenomenon and, in fact, drugs being abused today were once regarded as medicine. In the 19th century, for example, heroin and cocaine were approved ...