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, ...

Rule fills testing gap: From June 10, 2026, observed urine tests will be used when oral fluid testing is required but no certified labs exist. Broad worker impact: Truck drivers, pilots, rail, transit ...

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 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 ...

More than a year after it first proposed a rulemaking, the U.S. Department of Transportation on May 2 released a final rule officially sanctioning oral-fluid testing as a method for screening ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Research underway at Western Michigan University could revolutionize the future of testing for drugs, which is subject to abuse. "The main way the outcomes of substance abuse ...

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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 ...

The Department of Transportation last month filed a Final Rule allowing oral fluid as an authorized testing method for the presence of unlawful drugs effective June 1. However, in order for an ...

The Department of Transportation on Tuesday published a final rule that will allow oral fluid as an authorized testing method for the presence of unlawful drugs. The 227-page final rule will become ...

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 ...