Drug Testing Rules Target Cheaters
Truck drivers will have a harder time cheating on drug tests under changes to the regulations imposed by the Department of Transportation.
The makers of Ready Clean guarantee their over-the-counter product will produce a negative test result when used an hour before the exam. Another advertiser boasts powdered-urine products — add water and you get instant, untainted urine — that are “designed to fool any testing center.”
For the full story, see the Dec. 18 print edition of Transport Topics. .
The rules, which take effect Jan. 18, are intended to catch drivers who try to substitute someone else’s urine specimen for one of their own or submit a sample taken before a drug was ingested, DOT officials said.
They are also intended to uncover drivers who might take other drugs to mask a positive test result. DOT said several products on the market do just that.
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