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bryan21384 · Nov 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Chinatown said: ↑

Hair follicle isn't part of the clearinghouse, but trucking companies figure it out anyway.
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That's because he probably gave too many details. "Need to know basis" should be words everyone lives by.

bryan21384 · Nov 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Anytimetrucking29 said: ↑

DFW, TX: Hey guys. I need some serious advice. Basically, I’m struggling to get a job currently because of a “company violation” which was a failed hair follicle.

I stopped all smoking almost 1 year ago and my hair follicle was clean at my first job (the test results only went 90 days back) - I lost this job due to overstaffing.

At this second company, I did the urine and hair follicle test. The urine passed, but the hair follicle tested positive for THC and the company told me that this test goes back 2 years! Ive heard you have 72 hours to “dispute” the drug test, but it is past the 72 hours. The only other option I was given was to write a letter trying to dispute the “violation”

Anyway, this was a pre-employment test and I was only in orientation but the company put it on my DAC as a company violation and not a failed test. I’ve applied at 2 other megas, and they are saying that they can’t take me due to this. Was supposed to have orientation with USX and they said that I’m “unqualified” due to the “company violation”

As I stated, I stopped smoking almost a year ago. (Stopped January 2025) and the 90-Day follicle test at my first job was clean. But this 2-Year test was not. I’ve only had my CDL for about 4-5 months now and am not sure what to do from here. Any advice is appreciated!

*** nothing is in my clearinghouse. It’s clean. These mega companies are apparently seeing this on my DAC report.
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How much experience?

TripleSix · Nov 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM

bryan21384 said: ↑

That's because he probably gave too many details. "Need to know basis" should be words everyone lives by.
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Word.

Like the late great Kenny Rogers said, “You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run.”

snowmantrucking101 · Nov 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM

tscottme said: ↑

You are entitled to at least 1 free DAC report per year. Some states you are entitled to more than 1 free report. You should go to the Hire Right web site and get a free copy of your report. Hire Right, the people that run DAC, have very strict rules. But if you follow their rules you can challenge the negative entry on your report and hope the employer doesn't reaffirm the entry. You can submit a brief statement to Hire Right, following all of the rules stated on the Hire Right web site, that will be given to every company requesting a report on you. If you make your statement even 1 word too long, or some other violation of their rules, your statement will not be passed along.

The industry is very slow now and having negative info on your record isn't going to push your application to the front of anyone's hiring list. I've heard, but don't know if it's true, that dump truck operators are more likely to hire drivers with a DUI/drug entry than other types of trucking. I don't know if dump truck operators are as slow as OTR or not. How long is your hair? I assume long hair allows them to look farther back into your past, so to speak. I don't know much about it. I guess the good news is only half or less of trucking companies even use DAC. So not every employer will see that report. I suspect, like MOST young new drivers you have a hard time telling the difference between an employer with no web site and that employer not existing. That's to say, it easier to apply for companies online than to companies that don't do everything online. But, you need to look for smaller companies and that almost certainly means making phone calls <shudder> and even walking into offices <double shudder> to apply for a job. Whatever hair style you prefer, i would suggest having long hair AND an issue about a drug test are not going to help you get the next job. If you have long hair, and if it's JUST hair, then cutting it short is just a styling choice and not a big deal.
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1.5" of hair is good for 90 days back. Funny thing is...THC usually will not bind with hair cells to show hair positive. I'm not buying this story from the op. Something else is up.....

dptrucker · Nov 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM

Chinatown said: ↑

I know this is after the fact, but anyone that wants to enter trucking and has used weed or whatever, get a buzz cut. It'll grow back.
You'll have to let it grow back a couple inches before another hair follicle test. Hair from other parts of the body will still show a positive result.
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swift took hair from my arm.
i have really short hair

aussiejosh · Nov 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM

Anytimetrucking29 said: ↑

DFW, TX: Hey guys. I need some serious advice. Basically, I’m struggling to get a job currently because of a “company violation” which was a failed hair follicle. I stopped all smoking almost 1 year ago and my hair follicle was clean at my first job (the test results only went 90 days back) - I lost this job due to overstaffing.
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The courts use hair follicle tests this is because it is the most accurate, however is the most time consuming and costly to run. The Urine, and saliva tests are the more common tests used for drugs, however as you state the Urine test came up negative while hair follicle test came up positive, I'm wondering when you took the test did you know just how far back the test would cover? Knowing this I would not of taken the test knowing full well if one had been using during the last 48 months it'd show up on a hair follicle test. Options are to only take a test if its urine only if you've been clean for at least 3 months. If you were not hired not sure if it would be kept on any records. Other than the company/ medical centre that conducted the test.

tscottme · Nov 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM

snowmantrucking101 said: ↑

1.5" of hair is good for 90 days back. Funny thing is...THC usually will not bind with hair cells to show hair positive. I'm not buying this story from the op. Something else is up.....
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I'm ashamed to admit I didn't think of "something else being up" until reading your post. Good catch.

Anytimetrucking29 · Nov 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM

Okay, to clear up a few things.

Timeline; stopped using all CBD/THC products and was clean in January of 2025. I went to trucking school in May (took a urine test and was clean) and finished school in July.
Got hired at my first company and passed my urine test and passed the hair (went back 90 days and took from my head).
This second company that I went to, I passed the urine test and failed the hair test (went back 2 years according to the company and this hair was taken from my arm)

Chinatown · Nov 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Dang, took it from the arm! That's what did you in. Sorry pricks!

JB7 · Nov 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM

Anytimetrucking29 said: ↑

Okay, to clear up a few things.

Timeline; stopped using all CBD/THC products and was clean in January of 2025. I went to trucking school in May (took a urine test and was clean) and finished school in July.
Got hired at my first company and passed my urine test and passed the hair (went back 90 days and took from my head).
This second company that I went to, I passed the urine test and failed the hair test (went back 2 years according to the company and this hair was taken from my arm)
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What I found searching is that even on body hair the farthest the test can reach back is one year. You were within the 1 year time frame.

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