This Opinion piece appears in the July 30 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. In 2007, I read a survey revealing that 10% of truck drivers on the nation’s highways ...

You thought that wild weekend from months ago was ancient history? Think again. While blood tests only catch drug use from the past few days and urine tests stretch to maybe a few weeks, there’s a ...

A proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services to set up standards for the use of hair testing for drugs is not what hair-testing advocates in the trucking industry were hoping for. HHS ...

The Department of Health and Human Services could by early next year add fentanyl and methadone to its list of drugs that federal and safety-sensitive workers must be tested for, a top drug official ...

Urine testing has its methods of avoiding detection. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration mandates random drug testing for 50% of a fleet’s drivers, but the agency only accepts urinalysis ...