Hmmmm, now the rest of the story?
terryj9351
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According to the DOT regulations handbook.No employer ,lab or mro can release a driver test results for pre employment. There is a right to privacy. I had a false positive, I know this because I haven't touch THC in years. I think it had to do with Ibueprophen. I took several 800 mg tablets a day.
I tried to tell the MRO this and he said it wasn't possible. I will not take any for my next test and I'm sure it will be fine. If the failed test gets put on my DAC ,I will need a lawyer. I would not take a pre employment test knowing I was dirty. I guess some people do and that is what will bite me. Read about your rioght to privacy then let me know if you think it will be put on a DAC report.
Perhaps it was because you were too close to your fiends while they were smoking or you were smoking.
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The industry lost a good driver because of there back dated rules.
Outdated? I don?t think so, no driver under the influence of drugs or alcohol belongs on the road.
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A driver can drink a half case of beer and drive the next day and pretend he's safe looking through blood shot eyes.
No, check again:
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? 392.5 Alcohol prohibition.
(a) No driver shall?
(1) Use alcohol, as defined in ?382.107 of this subchapter, or be under the influence of alcohol, within 4 hours before going on duty or operating, or having physical control of, a commercial motor vehicle; or
(2) Use alcohol, be under the influence of alcohol, or have any measured alcohol concentration or detected presence of alcohol, while on duty, or operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle; or
Drivers have been placed OOS for 24 hours when the smell of alcohol was detected. Carriers have been prosecuted for using a driver on the dock after the driver blew .001 for a random alcohol test.
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Better yet he can go to a terminal in two days,get a random and no one knows.
Yes, alcohol is legal, while there are health issues there are no legal issues.
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A driver goes to a event and smokes some weed and he's got a shadow over him for awhile until clean again.
I can remember California decriminalizing marijuana from June 1973, less than 1 ounce is a citation with a $25 first offense, $50 second offense, and something more drastic for the third offense. The problem with that is the Feds never decriminalized marijuana so depending on where a person got caught with the marijuana it could be a ticket or jail.
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"Nichols' Fourth Law says, "Avoid any action with an unacceptable outcome"
Simple choice, don?t break the law.
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There's social drinkers and there's drunks. There's a occasional user of weed and a habitual user. The problem is ,if your a drunk nobody knows until you really mess up. That's the drunk test everyone goes by.
No, I can think of a complaint on a passenger carrier where it was reported a driver who had been drinking was on the bus (
NOT driving.) A visit was paid to the carrier?s place of business and buses were inspected and drivers were interviewed. One driver showed up for work and blew less than .02. The driver was sent to the hospital for further testing.
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When it comes to weed there is no test.
Yes there is, you use and get caught, you loose.
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It's all bad, but that is changing. It's a new generation and there are closet smokers everywhere.
States are free to change their laws and decriminalize marijuana; however, until the federal rules are changed drivers will be prohibited from using drugs.
Be safe.