Legal weed is now sprouting up all over the country. Alaska, Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Maine now allow marijuana to be used for recreational purposes and over two-dozen other states allow it to be used medicinally. But with half the states in the union with some sort of legalization on the table, where does that leave truckers?
In Maine, it is now illegal for employers to fire or refuse to hire an employee for marijuana use. Effected employees can even file a discrimination lawsuit against them if they do so. So, does that mean it’s legal for truckers to use marijuana?
In an interview with Overdrive, the vice president of the Maine Motor Transport Association, Tim Doyle, lays it out plainly.
“We see it as straightforward and simple,” said Doyle. “You can’t use marijuana and drive a commercial motor vehicle — period.”
Doyle admits that the subject can be confusing. In fact, the MMTA has received a number of questions about it recently. But regardless of any state or local laws, it is still prohibited for commercial truck drivers because of federally imposed DOT drug testing requirements.
Even in states where weed is legal recreationally, it is illegal to operate a motor-vehicle while under the influence. But for truckers, testing positive for drug use – regardless of whether or not they’re currently inebriated – is against the rules.
According to Overdrive, the DOT has confirmed multiple times that its stance on marijuana use has not changed and won’t until action is taken on the federal level.
So, if you want to use marijuana for medical or recreational purposes in a state where it’s legal, Joe Rajkovacz of the Western States Trucking Association has a message for you: “Look, you can party. You can do what you want. You just can’t drive a truck. It’s that simple.”
Source: overdrive, gobytrucknews
Brian says
Dopehead truck drivers. Probably some some potential issues there.
P.L. says
Better than Alcoholic truck drivers.
mike C. says
worse
Kae says
Way better. Like pain meds and alcohol are significantly worse than cannabis but uptight ignorant beings reuse to see this
James says
Alcohol kills more people than any drug , that’s why legalization of marijuana is winning. These fools are too stupid to see that.
Harley says
Amen
James Minor says
Smoking marijuana does not make you a dopehead…stopping for the day and looking for beer in the truck stop does…
JJ says
Alcohol is worst,i understand not smoking on the job but if a CDL driver could drink after there job i feel like they should have the right to smoke also(after the job) ..most of the old truck drivers think weed is bad but those are the same ones that did coke in the 80s..
Gart says
Perfectly explained, this needs resolution!
David says
I agree with you on this one. If a commercial driver drinks a beer after his shift, that driver is not allowed to operate a commercial vehicle for 24 hours. As should be the same if one were to smoke Marijuana. This need to be re-thought and appeal to a solution.
Victor says
My question is, as a truck driver, can I smoke recreationally on my off days & not have to worry about failing a drug test. It should be illegal to smoke while operating a truck, that’s obvious, but off days?
Ty says
This law is a bunch of BS. I’m a owner/operator. I should be able to smoke if I want when I get home from work. Obviously you shouldn’t smoke while or before work starts but afterwards I should be able to do what I want. But I have to follow the federal dot standards and it’s a bunch of crap. The dot rules should only apply to hard drugs like pills, cocaine, opioids ect. This law needs to be changed
Me says
Amen hell in the 90s early 2000s we had a motto a calm driver is a safe drive plus you drive the speed limit .
James says
AMEN !
Shane Wilson says
Marijuana has never killed any one, by the time you’ve read this a minimum of 2 people have died from alcohol or tabacco use. So smokes and beer/alcohol are legal and deadly, pot is not deadly and is illegal?
Fear mongering is what most opponents of the legalization of marijuana are using on people.
Harvard and a number of other universities have said marijuana is the most useful plant on the planet.
People like you whos main concern is if a truck stop sells beer are a much larger danger to the general public than pot smokers could ever be.
Bill says
I absolutely agree with you. You can’t drive for what 8-10 hours after consuming alcohol. Should be about the same for pot. No pothead ever caused a multi fatality accident. Time for people to come into the 21st Century.
Debra says
Its not the use of marijuana in itself. Its driving under the influence and here in Oregon auto accidents have increased by 43% since it became recreationally legal.
Chris Carson says
Source please?
Mark Wyatt says
Marajuana has never killed anyone ? That’s hilarious. I can’t remember if I stopped or even looked at that last stop sign but I’m ok .
Julie says
Simple & straight forward; if you toke you can’t drive truck. Right?
Weed is still federally illegal even though they federally tax it without safety measures from the FDA.
As a trucker, I hold a federal license so where’s my federal wage? Fed. benefits? Fed. payed holidays?
Larry Ballard says
You’re Darn Tootin. Where’s the overtime pay after 8 hours or overtime pay after 40 hours.
Perry says
Marijuana has killed hundreds of thousands through Narco organizations and gangland violence. Be honest !
Julie says
Yah, because it’s illegal there’s a black market.
Ethan says
That wouldn’t happen if it was legal lol
Danny says
Exactly that’s why if it was legal … problem solved!
#Facts# says
Put an alcoholic a pill popper and marijuana smoker in a line up with three other people and I’d bet most could pick out the alcoholic and pill popper immediately. But because booze and scripts are legal on fed level it’s ok. #facts#
Albert Dedmon says
As If driving big rigs isn’t dangerous enough, now drivers can get stoned and still not face legal consequences?
Many drivers have a difficult enough time doing this job clean and sober.
Gart says
Jealous!!! Of the job opportunity plus benefits.
Larry Ballard says
I drive a big truck and i see 4 wheelers with their phones in their hands on a daily basis. I’d say 80% of people in cars have a phone in their hand. I live in California. This along with the split speed limit creates a disastrous situation. Every day
Kevin says
Drink some more Brian.
Meerpington says
Not really, i smoke pot all the time when im not at work. Synthetic urine works for anyone. And my driving record has been 100% clear for over 10 years now. Pot isnt a problem for drivers, if you ask me peeps should be more concerned about the alcohol drivers.
Joseph says
Dope is heroin…….
Not High At All CDL says
What happens to a legal CDL driver not under the influence of any drug or alcohol, if involved in an accident with a person legally under the influence of canabis ??
I understand how dangerous it can be to be behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle, what I don’t understand is the double standard of who deserves equal protection and equal rights under the law. Can somebody explain this hypocrisy to me ??
Max says
The double standard is because one law is on the state level and the other is a federal law which trumps the state law because interstate commerce is governed by the Feds.
We used to have a similar problem with weights. Each state set their own weight limits. I started in Oregon. Max weight was 78,000. Washington, right next door was 80,200. No problem for me going into WA, but WA drivers had to meet OR requirements in order to cross into the state…even if they were only passing thru.
Drivers licenses were different for each state. CDLs didn’t exist. If you crossed into a state that had stricter requirements than your home state, you were subject to that state’s laws. There was a real urinating contest between some states.
Finally the Feds came up with uniform code for minimum bridge clearance, CDLs, weights, etc.
Well marijuana laws are the same. Since the truck is licensed to go across state lines, you are governed by the federal law, not the local.
Action Jackson says
Just Follow the money, you will understand it then!
Harley says
Amen
Jones says
I feel you, cdl holders always held accountable but yet cdl holders go through 3 time the guff to acquire that title and a class c holder gets off…smh
Victor Kiss says
Its the uppers that i think are a concern,
R.J. says
Driving while impaired means just that…impaired.
Techslave says
If you drink a couple of beers on a Saturday night. Then 2 weeks later hit the road in your big rig are you still impaired from those beers? Current Testing for Marijuana makes it illegal for you to drive a CV up to 3-4 weeks after taking a puff or two. That is far far away from “driving impaired” it is regulating what you can do on your off time in your private life.
Sam says
True but you can’t prove, or disprove, when you smoked.
Julie says
Not even close to being as bad as alcohol. Gov. knows it too but their highly profitable search & seizure laws were too irresistable. Besides, how could the med. Industry PUSHERS have created such a severe drug epidemic if weed was legal?
Julie says
Because of the national debt they’re considering full legalization & already tax it, even though it’s not regulated by the FDA.
Billy B says
Then you shouldn’t be allowed to drink alcohol either than! There is no difference. Just as long as your not under the influence while in operation of a CMV! I think everyone should have the right to drink or smoke whatever they want in their off time! I say regulate it just like alcohol!
Mike says
Agreed most sane comment here.
Eric L says
Exactly. If I come home from work on Friday afternoon and not leaving out until Sunday morning and I want to smoke up Friday evening, Where’s the problem? But its okay for me to get drunk off my ass say til Saturday evening at 11:30pm and be hungover at Noon the next day since its been nearly 12 hours since I consumed Alcohol. I guarantee if I smoked a bowl at 11:30pm the night before, I’d be fine with zero impairment at Noon the next day.
Lyla says
They need a test that can determine how long since you used. That would solve it. I am for legalization and responsible recreational use. I have a CDL, and its not right that one can be completely sober but be fired, disciplined, or charged for being under the influence because a test cannot accurately predict when they used. There has to be a way!
shortCUT207 says
Agreed , a roadside test is what is needed to test for influence it’s possible and probably already exists apart from MROs or DREs. Cannabix in Vancouver I believe is developing such a test for governmental contracts but they hold no patent yet and also need a contract. So hopefully within our lifetime
Lawrence says
I see marijuana as a medicinal for sure and support its use for those who need or wish to consume it. My concern of course is that as it becomes more prevalent I will have fewer places to patron and/or visit. Being exposed as a bystander could result in a failed drug test according to other reports and posts here and on other trucking sites. Rather than take these freedoms away from others I think there needs to be considerations to the law that help truckers living or being exposed to no fault of there own. Here in Georgia I don’t need to worry, but as I begin my career I will be worried about an inadvertent exposure that could ruin a career or thousands.
Brian Chapman says
There are permissible limits worked into the Federal testing standards. 25 nano grams I believe. You CAN’T test positive by being in the same room with someone smoking. Period.
You have to physically put it to your lips, and inhale.
It’s set up that way purposely.
George says
BS…you can test positive from 2nd hand smoke…
Joseph Ramirez says
Your very wrong ! Not from second hand smoke !
Bryce VanGorder says
They tested it by locking someone in a car for an hour while 3 other people shared a blunt. They still didn’t test positive over 25 nanograms
Zack says
Pot doesn’t work like that walking around people who are smoking will not make you test positive the active thc is already gone once they exhale and even if they’re just standing there and the smoke if rising up the amount of smoke needed for you to test positive would be 8×8 room with a cloud of smoke and inhaling for 3min for .035%even started to show up in your system which mean you have 3min to enjoy a none direct hit get a good feel and sweat it out in 48hrs
Samuel says
So you can park and down a 12 pack but cant go home on friday afternoon and smoke a little smoke? Not smoke and drive go home and smoke in your offtime and free time which nobodoy can tell anyone what to do in this time but they still feel entitled to do so? For the rules and regulations put on truck drivers this day in age the wage should be worth thr aggrivation. Unfortunatley it is not, why dont us officials wake up and put the money where their mouth is. If truck driving wage is still considered unskilled labor why should a congress man or a surgeon be able to go home and enjoy a little smoke bit a truck driver cannot? Double standard anyone? The effects of alcohol inebriate and last in a person a lot longer than marijuana. As usual you deliver for america but america wont and refuses to deliver for you.
Julie says
Amen, brother.
shortCUT207 says
Well said.
Are police officers even tested randomly? For Pete’s sake, they are deadly weapons-
Sa says
People can’t be that dumb, if you smoke on the weekend or AFTER work and it is a substance that stays in your system, that doesn’t mean your driving under the influence..Cmon people let’s grow up here!!
Kevin says
They are going to have to make there choice, smoke there dope or drive a truck. If they want to do both and put more bad lights on the rest of us, that play by the rules, then the deserve what they get.
STEVEN Wiseman says
Just like having a drink right
Bartholomew says
I have been driving for 40+ years and smoke every weekend I’m home or after my shift and alot of old guys like me still and have always smoked its how my grandson would say you company tools and drivers to scared to not to scared that make getting what we want done . Sure we can drink after our dt is up smoke ciggs so what ever but ive seen and known alot of drivers who did hard drugs and would drink and even prescribed drugs and have either died or killed others it’s called using your brain and making smart decisions I have 250 trucks running out of all lower 48 and I still drive and honestly i trust my drivers 8 accidents in 10yrs and most cause by weather anyway that’s my piece
Jay moore says
If your hiring let me know been driving 5+ years got sandwiched by Stevens transport they had me on a bunch of pain pills that made me a zombie so I found cbd whiched helped a lot as I couldn’t even play with my 4 and 6 year old sons and now no one will hire because I failed test from the CBD I was taking I’m on return to duty and cant get work anywhere but a felon with a attempted murder can get hired for a second chance company they just cant get hazmat I find that bs it’s one thing if I was actually smoking pot but buying my CBD which is legal fro. Circle k sex shops and CBD stores I got screwed hell I wasn’t even able to walk for almost a year or get get sleep now that I’ve had nerve blocks and radio ablations done I’m ready to drive again and cant
AZ Driver says
Felons can get the HM. As long as their charges aren’t specified on the TSA’s DQ list.
Hayes says
It grows from a seed, what’s the big deal? Dope.. lol
Jon says
Why can’t it be like booze?
No use 8-10 hours before a shift.
Stephanie. Hinkley-Lopez says
Or even 2-3 days before a shift.
JEREMY HERRING says
Because alcohol is out of your body and no longer shows up on tests in a matter of hours whereas marijuana continues to show up on tests for weeks.
Jason Aho says
I haven’t smoked pot in nearly 20 years, but I NEVER had a high last more than a few hours. I could smoke in the evening and always felt great the following morning. I know it shows up in tests even weeks later, but driving under the influence is just that, under the influence. I think some of the laws concerning marijuana use are way too strict.
Jeff Pearson says
Its not the high that you feel.. but the residual after the high that can last for days…
If you want t
o get screwed up… LSD it only shows for a half hour after you return to earth..
Bryce VanGorder says
It’s called a half-life and it can be for weeks, even months, depending on your intake and your metabolism.
And lsd stays in your spinal fluid for years. You really didn’t look anything up before your comment
Steve says
I was a very infrequent pot smokeraround 1995.
Smokes a joint one night hax a piss test next day for a new job and got the job.
Im mot convinced that if u dont smike enough for it to build up it shows up
STEVEN Wiseman says
Still considered a class 1 drug , same class as cocaine and heroine, until that changes , you’ll never see it legalized on a federal level
Carlos says
What’s your point? Prescription medicine that impairs also stays in your system well after impairment ends.
You people act like trucking is some sacred profession. It’s mainly losers with a few winners mixed in. I saw that within my first month of driving. You’re told when to work, when to sleep and when you can go to your house and see your family. The reason these huge companies keep getting bigger and richer is because there’s an endless supply of losers. Soon enough the independent trucker is going to be extinct because people can’t figure out how simple it is to go buy their own truck.
Micheal says
It’s alot more difficult then just buying the truck you have insurance fuel maintenance alot of expenses are needed and until your rig is paid off your not really making any money and I don’t agree with the loser part as more or less alot of were tired of working alot for a little part when driving you work slim to none and make alot I don’t I did my time im over it
Teflondon says
I don’t know how you figure some of us are losers but any person that gets up & work is a trying person. Just by your comment I can tell you don’t own a truck either. It’s way more than just buying a truck & if you owned 1 you would know that. Have a seat sir
James says
Preach my brother..I’ve had my cal for 6 years and never ever ever drove for a company..I own my truck and trailer and have my own authority..Not hard as people make it out to be..To be honest I probably could accomplished my goal of being g a truck company owner faster if I wasn’t listening to all the horror stories I heard from random people in the industry
Ken Mitchell says
Because the testing isn’t accurate enough to determine how long ago it was used. & the “Honor System” won’t work. We STILL have drivers drinking popping pills\toking & driving while still in their systems.
Julie says
You know they could (& likely have) already created a drug screen showing current use but wouldn’t be beneficial to them, yet.
Scott oak lawn says
The new testing, for marijuana should be similar,to alcohol testing.. If u smoke pot on ur day off,its similar to drinking, on your day off…testing should become more sophisticated..testing should determine,how many hours agos u smoked..when a substance,is legal..How can a company enforce what you consume, when ur not working??
Loaf says
Feds say weed is illegal for drivers but everyone else can smoke we have real problem
morongobill says
Isn’t it a lifetime ban if you test positive for a class 1 controlled substance?
shortCUT207 says
Not as I’ve seen
1 year and you can return unless extenuating circumstances
Mike says
Some drivers are just ignorant enough to fight it. Likely in .CA. We spent the last 25 yrs getting rid of old pill popping drivers, now their kids are beginning to drive, and most of them are potheads.
Tom says
And the old pill poppers were a hell if a lot safer than this new breed.
Steven says
Federal vs states
We are Federally controlled
So this is 100% illegal to truckers unless will be remove from federal control substances.
Don says
very true.
Sean says
We are federally controlled except when it comes to California. If that’s true, how can a Cali smog rules bar me from operating my equipment on federal highways? Sorry a bit off subject.
J says
I understand medical marijuana but recreational? I think anyone who wants to use should forfeit the right to drive any motor vehicle.
Hell I’ve know hospitals with more than half of their staff doing patient care and smoke on a regular basis. How safe is that?
B.S says
Stupid is as Stupid does what can’t these Pot heads figure out about that!!!
Don says
i dont understand how someone can have a beer after his shift, go to sleep for 8hours, wake up and be OK.
but now its a crime against children and little old ladies if someone takes a puff before bed instead of a beer?
as a california based driver, weed is just like alcohol. people who dont like or know weed just hate on it. yet its ok for people to use alcohol, something much more dangerous.
James Minor says
No need to recite federal laws and blah blah blah..facts remain that alcohol is not out of your system that fast..the impairment from weed is worn off 5x faster then alcohol and you feel great.not hung over ,slumped over, sick ,nauseas,imbalanced,or dangerous to anyone or anything except the snack isle..the fact that it attaches to your fatty cells in the body has nothing to do with being impaired…its 2018…they need a way to tell if your are under the influence while driving same as alcohol…how many weed related crashes were you privy to in 2017…I’LL WAIT…
Karl says
Man… I know soooo many truck drivers who show up still drunk from the night before, but a little weed and your a drug addict. Dinosaurs, no wonder “at all” why you haven’t seen a pay raise since the 70’s, and probably never will, god help you you guys, wtf man…
Jeff Pearson says
Karl… if you havent gotten a pay raise since the 70s.. are you still in the 70s? Or if your company is still paying you a dime a mile..there are other companies..or do we have a drug test problem?and they can and do test for alcohol..
BBQ GUY says
No one said anything about being a “drug addict” if one uses pot, no more than drinking alcohol makes one an alcoholic. It is about the ability to operate a tractor-trailer completely clear-headed and not under any residual influence.
I don’t get the argument that if someone is under the influence of alcohol and operating a vehicle illegally, then that makes it OK to do so with pot. Trying to justify one bad behavior with another bad behavior is faulty logic.
Duwayne says
The problem is alcohol is worse you then weed it’s not about justifying two evils it’s about common sense and I you have never done both you have no right to talk on the issue. Weed is has been know to help people with cancer and other life changing disability but alcohol that doesn’t help anything is legal. It comes down to common sense and the fact that the government is one the worst ran systems in this country
Antonio Stew says
The feds cn do a rode side testing if they think a driver is driving impaired and test for a % amount which would show a immediate amount and it’ll show a recent use compared to a amount used 10hrs earlier like alcohol .
Toddy Miller says
If they let me smoke a little pot I would never take another drink again in my life. Just because it stays in your system a lot longer doesn’t mean you’re high.
Brian says
Under the influence means just that, not three weeks ago
Steve P says
It’s not just truck drivers that are subject to these rules. The same rule would also apply air plane pilots,train engineers, conductors, or any one else whose job falls under federal government oversite, or a federal employee.
Donavan degraff says
Sounds like most commenting don’t realize the real affects of smoking pot. Pot as a medicine…. give me a break it has more tar in one joint than a carton of Marlboro reds. Hell most cancer patients that take chomo therapy actually die from the affects of the “therapy”… No drugs for this guy not even if the one pushing the stuff wears a white coat having a fancy name tag. I’m healed by the stripes of Jesus. If ignorance is bliss it’s because she never heard of this…. read the BIBLE!
James says
Ya’ll wasting words. The feds are never going to let cmv drivers use marijuana. So stop whining have a beer and wait 8-10 hours before driving.
Jim says
Bottom line…All of you “steering wheel” holders need to figure it out, if you don’t like the rules n follow them get the f**K off the road & let an actual driver do there job with out the whiners…Been out here 40 yrs.now and have watched the industry spiral generation by generation…Grow up n take responsibility…Quit whining like a bunch of sissy’s !!!! Or is that the norm nowadays….
Duwayne says
The problem is alcohol is worse you then weed it’s not about justifying two evils it’s about common sense and I you have never done both you have no right to talk on the issue. Weed is has been know to help people with cancer and other life changing disability but alcohol that doesn’t help anything is legal. It comes down to common sense and the fact that the government is one the worst ran systems in this country. As for all you 20+ year truckers I have one question how many accidents have you seen because off weed and how many have you seen cause of alcohol?
Corey says
Never seen domestic because of pot either.
RedVonBaron says
Thank you Jim
I’ve been wanting to say that but you did a fine Job…Enjoy your weekend when you get to it!
Corey says
Well we can see whos cannabis stupid. Dope…….. idiot. Its harmless and humans are made to use it. The science is out there. Educate yourself. Thats if your able too……… lol
Jeff says
I agree with not driving truck while “stoned”. My problem is that getting high 3 or 4 days ago is NOT gonna effect your driving. We need to go to a “swab test”. Who cares about a week or a month ago. That’s crazy. I think it’s funny that the drinkers are the one’s pointing fingers. You can get totally wasted and legally drive 12 hours later. To be honest, ALCOHOL should be outlawed. Period.
James the Brain says
Owning a truck sucks. Driving in a sea of brain dead 4 wheelers sucks. Incessant regulatory bs sucks.
Smoking weed in our off time is one of the safest ways to cope with the trauma of doing this thankless job but that’s not allowed. Getting shit housed on beer every night apparently is OK.
I would never advocate operating a rig stoned, but time off is our own time… Apparently not.
If forced to choose between smoking and driving, I’d rather smoke. Trucking isn’t worth the head ache any more.
Rich Morgan says
That is the most intelligent question I’ve seen, ever in my entire life.
txtailgator says
It wouldn’t matter if it was legal for driver’s or not there are still driver’s out here driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol and putting all our lives at risk.
Don says
Well I’m a truck driver have been 22 years been through hell and high water with rules laws and regulations. I was ok delt with it gave up a lot to support my family. Now have cancer four different ones at that have been given medical card for legal use of smoking the plant but if I want to support my family and kids I can’t use it to get better because I have to work for a living I do kemo radiation surgurys and all can’t have pain pills or anything else because I have to work so what do I choose to support my family and deal with the pain and illness till I’m dead and leave my family with nothing at all but heart ache.
Travelin_Man says
But it’s perfectly legal to take a Xanax, Ativan, or Prozac is each mornng which are prescribed by your doctor and which alter your mood and mind and drive a CMV as long as you don’t take too much and become “under the influence”…. gtfo! I’m much more concerned with those people who commonly have a drink or three later in the day and drive or the truckers who “need a few beers to calm down after driving all day” than I am about the recreational weekend cannabis user, be it smoking or using edibles.
derek says
When marijuana in which they are gonna reschedule from 1 to 3 then drivers with a positive or failed randoms are gonna come running out from all four sides of the U.S. Looking to drive and not worry about losing there career for marijuana in any company .take it of the drug panel or downgrade it to a 2 or 3 .. Truckers want and need a second chance at there position and not worry about a positive for marijuana . watch the demand for drivers flourish.
derek says
A least truckers deserve to release the mind from a stimulant .. Just relax federal government the money is and been here for it to be smoked by all humans and transform the land were are in.and infrastructure.and a new little white house just like the 1 in Washington .gonna be in Jackson.ms
shortCUT207 says
You sir sound stoned at the time of your post. Just sayin-
And that’s cool, just don’t drive
And maybe proofread a little
A says
Can truck drivers have a passenger that smokes marijuana? Even if the trucker is not doing it. Can a trucker have a passenger that smells like alcohol even if the trucker is not drinking?
Amon Wade says
Filing lawsuits at the state level for wrongful termination is a start the more that do it the more attention it gets even if you lose. Put pressure on your Congressman. Federal legalization cant be far behind… I hope
I have driven for 20 + years eating a couple of LORTAB every night after going off duty. Doctor prescribed of course . Hows that for LEGAL…only in AMERICA
T.C. says
Although truckers on herb would all be late to delivery.Anybody that smokes isn’t in a hurry to do anything but eat and smile😀. Lol
Mike says
As a cdl driver myself I don’t see why us truckers can’t smoke weed AFTER work hours if I can go home and get drunk after work then I should be able to go home and get high but of course not going to work smelling like alcohol or weed…..LEGALIZE WEED FOR CDL DRIVERS
Joey Z says
Someone needs to come up with a test to prove if your under the influence at the time of an accident or road side check point just like a breathalyzers . I’m sure someone is working on it because it will make them filthy rich marijuana legalization is slowly coming and will be legal on a federal basis in under 20 years . And there’s nothing you idiot budwiser sucking marboro smoking clowns can do about it . it’s 2019 and if your still stupid enough not to recognize the health benefits and the overall greatness of this Plant of the gods then you need to pick up a computer and educate your Retarded narrow minded idiot self about marijuana it’s not 1950 anymore you idiots grow the hell up and use your God given brain. Why are people so frigging stupid !
Thomas Bain says
If all the truckers went on strike for a week. In every state every last CDL holder just stopped and went and did something els. It would hurt this nation. Now if all drivers went on a weed week and all came back positive for marijuna every last one of them would be fired because of federal law. After that 1st week stores would run empty and nothing would be delivered. Now how can you replace all the truckers if they all came back to work with marijuana in their system. You couldn’t the country would be at a scale where to change that law to control you better. If that ever happens. I would say this at least we all agreed to do something for are rights and not be controlled. Imagine if something like this happening. How screwed would this country be if a strike like this happening. Now think about that while your secretly smoking that joint!
John says
I agree but you also forgot the guys that pick those goods on the backside.
Soon after people would not have a place to throw away what they did use.
It would build up till…flies and rat multiply by the millions.
Julie says
They federally tax it even though the FDA won’t assure that it’s pesticide-free. Those trying to run a legal biz can’t even hold a business bank account so they carry cash that the real drug users (from the drug pushing medical industry) will kill for.
You should be more concerned with that 400# guy blocking the fuel island waddling in to stock up on pork rinds, hotdogs, & refill his gallon to go mug of Pepsi. But that’s different, right?
Jay says
What about the MORE act where it is no longer a schedule 1 drug?
John says
Ok so I have never indulged or do I feel the need to….saying that, How is it not right for a truck driver allowed to smoke a joint Friday night if he doesn’t need to be back to work on momday??? You can do a line of coke and as long as 48 hrs before reporting to work your good? Not fair.
Elijah says
Hey my friend drive truck and I’m Gena go with him to Michigan from South Carolina I’m not going to be driving I’m just a passenger and I was wondering if I brought my weed would we get in trouble
sal says
well i know of a trucker that smokes while on the road has it in his truck prob not now,, and his employer was notified and he is still driving
Kevin fluet says
My wife smokes legally, i do not smoke, but i just took a compliance test and was positive for traces of it…80 parts per billion…christ now i cant even be near someone who smokes…bull####!!
Jim says
When I am OFF and on my own time its absolutely RIDICULOUS if I wanna smoke fishing Saturday I can’t because I gotta drive Monday…RIDICULOUS!!
David Squires says
I believe that it is discrimination if weed is legal but if your a truck driver you can’t. I think we should put a lawsuit against the that law because we go home we are off work
Kevin says
This goes out to the idiot that said Dopehead truck drivers
Youre probably one of those morons who drinks his sorrows away each night. I have seen more issues with drivers drinking and or doing other drugs other than weed so dont call people who medicate dope heads. My wife has 3 cancers and wouldnt be here today if it werent for what you call dopeheads
Kevin says
Truck drivers usually suffer from severe anxiety and ptsd. I am one of them. Like on May 23rd 2011 when i was part of the Joplin tortnadoe and warched my door fly off and never land while being escorted into a safe haven basement at the Frenchs mustard headquarrters. So DOT will allow drivers to drink on offtime and i believe they should allow us to medicate on our days off
Noel Boyd says
Eating Etibles does not get u high u test Positive for THCA it doesn’t even get u high or head change it is better then with Headache an DIABETIC Pain Why better then over the counter pain relievers Feb 2020 the law was changed but who knew covid would over take the overdrive I Dont understand .Way Better Then Acohol .But Okay .People lost there Career over This is
Poggy says
They need to have a test that can tell if you smoked marijuana within the last 24 hours. Then they could make it recreational use for us truck drivers as well.