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| Use of ‘medical marijuana’ doesn’t pass muster with DOT
Use of ‘medical marijuana’ doesn’t pass muster with DOT Quote: 
“We will not change our regulated drug testing program based upon these guidelines to federal prosecutors [about use of medical marijuana],
” DOT drug compliance director Jim L. Swart said in a news release.
WASHINGTON — The director of the Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance of the Department of Transportation said today that this week’s advice from the Department of Justice regarding guidelines for federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of “medical marijuana” have no bearing on the DOT’s regulated drug testing program.
“We will not change our regulated drug testing program based upon these guidelines to federal prosecutors,” Jim L. Swart said in a news release.
Swart was responding to a memorandum to U.S. attorneys issued Oct. 19 by Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden.
“Prosecution of individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses who use marijuana as part of a recommended treatment regimen consistent with applicable state law, or those caregivers in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law who provide such individuals with marijuana, is unlikely to be an efficient use of limited federal resources,” Ogden said.
“The Department of Transportation’s Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation — 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) — does not authorize ‘medical marijuana’ under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a transportation employee’s positive drug test result,” Swart said.
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