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NPTC Safety Article- September 2024 -Marijuana Testing

Safety Letter September 18, 2024 Casey Nighbor
NPTC Safety Article- September 2024 -Marijuana Testing

In a House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure hearing earlier this summer, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg confirmed that his agency believes the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposal to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug will not change the current requirements for testing transportation workers, including truck drivers, for marijuana.