Driver Shortage and Cannabis Legalization The ATRI released its first research publication on the impact of cannabis legalization on the trucking industry in 2019. Most carriers (62%) said that changes in federal drug testing policy are needed and that a cannabis impairment test should replace a cannabis use test (65.4%). The impacts of cannabis legalization on the trucking industry, namely the recent decline in drivers due to strict rules on drug use on drug testing, are already well-documented. According to the report and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, more than half of all positive trucking industry drug tests are for cannabis metabolite. Should a driver test positive, they are removed from the industry until they complete a series of remedial steps.
The impacts of cannabis legalization on the trucking industry, namely the recent decline in drivers due to strict rules on drug use on drug testing, are already well-documented. However, a new report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) dives in even further.
The report titled, “Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on the Trucking Industry” takes a...
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