How marijuana legalization at the state level is impacting the trucking industry
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- The American Transportation Research Institute in 2019 published research on marijuana legalization and impaired driving, and how it impacts highway safety. Now, four years later, ATRI has released new research about how marijuana legalization at the state level is impacting the trucking industry.
ATRI’s new report aims to quantify the impact of the legalization of marijuana on the trucking workforce. Joining us this week is ATRI Vice President Jeffrey Short, who talks about the study and its findings, including how legalization has impacted highway safety, the number of drivers disqualified because of marijuana since FMCSA’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse took effect in 2020, and carriers’ and drivers’ perceptions of possible future changes to federal marijuana laws and more.
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Contents of this video
00:00 Legalized recreation marijuana and the trucking workforce
03:13 Driving while impaired by marijuana
04:58 Marijuana impairment field test
07:48 Drug and alcohol clearinghouse
10:00 Hiring drivers with past positive marijuana test
11:26 Are changes in federal drug testing policy needed?
12:37 Removing marijuana from Schedule I - Авто та транспорт
Hell it's far less dangerous than alcohol..
And every honest person knows it
Not only is cannabis far less dangerous than alcohol, it actually holds medicinal value. Alcohol has no medicinal value.
Alcoholic people kill every day from driving to irrational decisions while impaired but it's legal this country is azz backwards and we have a dumb government rich arrogant bastards don't care about the citizens but tobacco is legal and it kills thousands smh
Legalize cannabis federally within each and every state. This way, irrational prohibitionist politicians can't obstruct and prevent legalization against the will of the vast majority of Americans whom support full federal cannabis legalization nationwide. Treat cannabis exactly like we treat far more dangerous and deadly yet perfectly legal alcohol. Legal in all states.
Fmcsa says no marijuana use for any purpose but doesn’t the 1st amendment allow us to use marijuana for Religious purposes? Food for thought
Good thoughts
alcohol is more dangerous than cannabis
Hell to the yeah
Alcohol kills so many people and destroys the family.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY TO THE GOVERNMENT
Texting and driving is more dangerous I think we’re focused on the wrong thing.
Nah texting while getting a blow job should be legal
facts
2nd that😂
Yes
Naw, the focus should be ALL of it.
Nobody should be under the influence of anything when driving any vehicle or truck but what people do on their on time should be no ones business
Well then no obe should be smoking or chewing tobacco as well
That's the problem. A guy can go home and smoke a couple hits of weed and lose their job a week later from a drug test. Another person can do a bunch of coke on a Friday, and get tested on Monday without testing positive. It's a rigged system.
@@westernstar9121exactly!
@@westernstar9121 the reality is nicotine and caffeine arent really intoxicating substances. i do know a milk tanker driver that dropped a lit cigarette and crashed into a telephone pole trying to pick it up...... so there's that LOL
Why would a trucker smoke a blunt and drive if people don't drink alcohol and drive it makes no sense to think someone will do that
once there is a system to test on the spot for weed, figure out what is a good limit for the average person like they did with alcohol and don't operate anything over that limit. Truckers are some of the most hard working people in this country they should be able to smoke a joint or two at the end of there shift.
Until that happens though lord have mercy
How u gonna test for that genius 😅 if alcohol and tobacco is legal weed should be legal period
@@rockfresh5359 im sure youl be able too at some point. i agree but probably gonna be a while be a while before that happens sadly so i was thinking compromise 🤣
They can. Spit test
@@chancecriswell6316 thats probably not accurite but mayby
Smoked a ton of weed and drove 750,000 accident free safe miles, besides the weed in your opinion. We are not all built the same. it is ridiculous you can work hung over as fuck at 0.00 bac and that is legal. I sold my w900L when my state went recreational and really started enjoying life outside a truck and having a joint with out having to worry about carrying fake piss. so many people use fake piss. let us have weed and the badd ass mothers will be back in the hammer lane
I too have smoked many many miles, and drove. I am more than 60 years old. I still am one of the best drivers on the road. In the olden days, old drivers would tell me how much alcohol it would take to get from here to there. It never was a drug to them. ALCOHOL IS A DRUG. So ask yourself if you have a alcohol or another drug problem. Motor easy down the road you are on. Stay safe C-YA
Yep same reason I left the business I make more money being home everyday. I partake in smoking everyday and sleep like a baby in my own bed.
Their are signs that state " Dont drive high or you'll get a DWI".. Thats the obvious .. You shouldn't consume anything while operating vehicles or any type of machinery.. but why cant i partake on a friday night after work like everyone else???.. I can drink a gallon of liquor on a friday night go to the hospital Saturday morning.. Get my liver sown up on Sunday.. And legally drag myself out the hospital bed and drive a 80,000 lb truck across the country on Monday??? God forbide you smoke a joint on Friday night and raid the Cupboards.. Thats dangerous.. You might pull a hamstring or push out an unintentional fart trying to reach the cookies on the top shelf . 😂 Smh.. bs
Tricky to get us out of the clearing house . Easy to put us in .
I know several drivers that are doing something else because they refuse to feel like they're on post prison super vision
All this SAP/RTD nonsense made me fell about 2 inches tall having to do it alongside hard core druggies in the class
Marijuana need to be legalized federally. Until then trucking will continue to fail. A lot of ppl are making money on the drivers including SAP Programs which is keeping good drivers from hittin the road.
Facts. I'm in the sap program and that is not cheap
Driving while smoking cannabis is just like driving while smoking cigarettes.
The effects become less as tolerance increases.
Hell yeah, haven’t driven “sober” since 2004
Plus, the car behind you looks like a cop, so better drive good 😅
That's the same excuse every drunk driver gives to his friends and family. That they have a built up tolerance so .08 isn't drunk for them.
@@sailinghome2708 cannabis is not the same as alcohol, as it does not impair motor function.
@@sailinghome2708 I mean Yeah but alcohol is also poison that feels good at lower doses, and can kill you, the worst I've seen weed do is make someone fall asleep. Just don't over indulge or better yet don't smoke at all when ur driving, I just don't think it shouldnt be more illegal for Truckers then anyone else really just treat it like a beer at the end of the day.
No one is saying, "Look at the trucker's driving record."!! There are drivers out there who smoke and has never had an accident or incident.
I love cannabis and I love driving a Truck. But not at same time. Only do it when inget home to relax and be stress free. Do they not realize how stressful it is out there on the road looking out for all the crazy 4wheelers.
Treat it like alcohol
No treat it and normalize as tobacco
Good word and preciate the honesty man. Be safe and keep that bag up bro.
No company will hire if you get a positive result, thats why drivers give up
They don’t test you alcohol impairment before you drive , and nothing is stopping anybody from doing so, people choose not to , so why test marijuana ? Simply test if you have an accident, you will be tested to see if at that time you were impaired, which can be tested through the blood , so simply test the driver if an accident happens and the blood test will tell you how long ago the driver smoked
A person is either impaired or they are not. Having a different test for each different drug is asinine! An impairment test for marijuana shouldn't look any different than an impairment test for alcohol, opiates or OTC allergy meds. I'll say it again, you're either impaired or you or not impaired, it shouldn't matter why.
I just find it absolutely crazy. That marijuana is still not federally illegal in the United States. It is really ridiculous. How about we just make it like alcohol don’t be high or drunk when you’re operating a vehicle or at work.
it is that simple and hate that its still being test for..
The hilarious part is you can buy 99.96% pure tee h sea A on line and is legal in all 50 states. The A from tee h sea A falls off when u heat it. Its the silliest loophole i ever saw. Look for yourself > ignore spaces and junk or it will auto block. A----r. --e---t e---he--mp....co--m.
The government and common sense are like oil and water.
I drove my whole career cdl 42 years. No accidents or tickets, I found that it caused me a more careful cruise because it changed my altitude towards that of "ill get there when I get there" That's been. My experience smoken driver.
This person should smoke weed for a few weeks before making dumb rules for the mass... everyone agrees that we should not be stoned behind the wheel.... but to say some one working construction and has to drive a dump truck for work "class A CDL" or fire truck. "Class A cdl" who smokes a joint after work for pain relief, should not be allowed. This is all BS
Is your marijuana use for religious purposes remember the 1st amendment: food for thought
Firemen in pa are exempt from having to get a cdl. Which i believe is bullshit. I myself drive for a city public works. And i have a cdl. I also failed a test from not smoking on the job. But had to pay lots of money for sap program. This whole system is messed up. I don’t smoke no more now. Just because i need my job. But go figure now i drink like a fish. But thats ok. I really hope they can change this so i can quit drinking and go back to smoking. Makes me a way better person
@@joemedvec2248 join my lawsuit I want a religious use exception for marijuana Freedom of religion
@@TennisArena365I failed a drug test. I'm in the sap program. When the mro called me to tell me the bad news that's exactly what I said and she said if I'm dot regulated it doesn't matter.
There are more accidents because the people in the four wheelers can’t drive. All they know is two speeds floor it and stop. Change that thinking and you might get some where.
I'm sure they aren't driving around like Cheech and Chong
Exactly I’m just trying to blow one while I’m at HOME on my 34. Meaning when I leave for the week my goodies stay at home.
Schedule one for a marijuana that’s a joke cannabis is the only drug with a side effect that people want and you don’t have to worry about your ears falling off or losing your eyesight
There is no reason to try and make a cannabis impairment test because it's a) impossible, and b) not the issue.
Cannabis is like a spice. It's just spicy in a different way. Everyone has a unique tolerance. Some people can consume huge amounts of cannabis with no noticeable effect.
The underlying issue is simple: Impairment. Regardless of whether it's weed, or booze, or coffee, or prescription pills, or a cell phone, or a dog in your lap, whatever. If you're not focused on the road, you shouldn't be driving.
Been smoking and driving for 20+ years and never had an accident
Legal the the damn plant already or LEASE let driver use CBD NO HIGH NUTHIN JUS RELAX I MEAN DAMN PPL
I’m a trucker DOT did a study back when California legalized weed. Study was sleepy, drunk and high drivers and put them on a road corse. Turns out the high drivers were the least dangers but were bad at maintaining track speeds. Surprisingly most dangerous were sleepy drivers by far.
One day I’ll be blind, I have glaucoma. I’m allergic to the pills that can help. I have a cdl-A and I do otr. Because of regulations I don’t smoke weed. I’ll be one less driver on the road one day because there is not even a medical exemption. This needs to change. I wanted to grow old as a trucker. But I’m going to have to leave way earlier than I wanted too. There is nothing wrong with smoking a joint after work. Especially, when you have a prescription for it. And can’t use it.
Screw the government do it anyway, plenty ways around it , been smoking and driving for 20 years, they can kiss my ass
Those other drugs can fall off the face of the planet.
This was very concise and should be heard by everyone involved in the industry. We need better statistics, as drivers we deserve an impairment test. As always drive safe and keep the rubber-side down.
The hate law should never have been allowed, Doctors used to prescribe Cannabis for Colic to infants, as it is this safe
They are running out of drivers sounds to me…
Funny thing is even if you don’t smoke or drink the truckers are still crashing into ditches sober 😂😂😂
Exactly
Sleep deprivation
It’s cause it’s been so bad the good drivers won’t do it so people higher bone head rookies all the time
just to add. I am fine with the comprimise. atleast once a week is better then nothing. it is funny the amount of people that have a opinion on cannabis that have never used it, or used it once, took way to much for a first time, and assume that is what everyone feels
The people who are high and driving are the ones driving under the speed limit because they think the car behind them is a cop. The fact that Marijuana is a scheduled 1 drug just shows you that it being illegal is complete bs.
Nah
@@brandonbell5357 Nah?
its scheduled like that because the big pharma will lose billions if not trillions of dollars...
Yep, I'm not going to stop smoking in my off time to do work I can do somewhere else for relatively similar pay.
Imagine quitting smoking legal cannabis to try to change your life... Waiting until you pass your drug screen for school, passing the school, and then finding out the only carriers that hire new grads require a hair test that goes back 90-180 days. 😐
I'm going to be honest, I have an medical Marijuana card and I've been a daily smoker for over a decade and I've driven 18 wheelers and operated heavy equipment without any problems. I will say that you have to pay attention and not get distracted, I can see how some people would be a danger to themselves or others because it affects some people differently. I know for a fact that some of us can use cannabis and safely operate equipment.
Im switching from Cdla to hvacr. Pay isn't keeping pace with inflation. As an hvac tec, i can partake in marijuana on my off time, the pay is better, and the work is less dangerous.
I've been going through the return to study sap program. Getting a driving job with this on your record is a complete joke, almost impossible. I wasted my money and should have just went into a new field that actually appreciates it's workers.
It's not impossible there's plenty of companies that'll higher you im in talks with a local company wanting to hire me as soon as I get my RTD status.
Also I can’t get a job when I tell them I’m a sap driver . Even when I tell them it was for cannabis.
There hiring at the strike in Hollywood sweepers
I couldn't keep a straight face and would lose all composure, high or not high, if a LEO said to me "we need to scan your brain".
I would have said My wife sure
needs to be federally legal, only time it should be an issue is if ur intoxicated while behind the wheel
Had CDL OTR 35 yrs no accidents CDL expired. Don't miss it. I Marijuana up for Post Dotted Line Disorder ,PDLD ❤
Happy Hemp Hauler Logistics, Inc.
Makes no sense , as long as I’m not smoking on the clock , I should be able to smoke, and smoking a joint 12 or more hours ago isn’t impaired
I've been smoking for 46 years. I hadn't smoked marijuana for 8 months and still testing positive. I do walk in volunteering testing with lab Corp. Even though it's voluntary, if they find out i have a cdl, it goes on my DAK file. Crazy
i live in NYS and it is recreational legal here. i have made decent money in trucking (local milk hauling) and i can easily make 100k+. im going to pay off our 2 credit cards and my car loan, so all i have left is my mortgage and living expenses. if at the point im paying less bills and if the government doesnt STOP making me piss in a cup, i think i will be done with trucking. i do believe change is coming soon, but if it doesnt im not going to stay in this industry forever. i got my CDL in 2016.
Why not put additives in alcohol that will show up 30 plus days... just curious 🤔
I'm sure there's a driver out there right now with the reflexes of an intoxicated person
Legalize marijuana for drivers
It’s not so much if the federal government takes it off of schedule one more so your company has the right to refuse you employment if you’re caught using. That’s the worry. Marijuana can be legal AF in every state of the country but if your company says, sorry you can’t drive if you are a user, then that’s their prerogative and you’re looking for another job.
Listen to A1 podcast regarding this issue
I'm so confused no one said that if they legalized it won't you're gonna have a bunch of people down the street smoking weed driving
I know so many drivers that snort coke Friday and Saturday so they can go to work Monday and be clean.
In the United States, cannabis is legal in 38 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule 3 drug now
not yet, maybe early next year.
I’ve been smoking pot and driving for 20 years and I was in 1 accident when I was 18! Pot affects each person different. 2 years ago I gave up my cdl because I’d rather get high than deal with the fmsca and all their bullshit!
Double standard to say the least. Because I have a job and get random tests I can’t use marijuana put I can buy it for “recreational” use. WTF is even going on. Complete nonsense
Actually heard some people need to smoke to drive it knocks out anxiety for some 🤷🏽♂️
These laws are draconian and asinine... even police officers can light up a joint as long as they're not on the clock.
That’s technically not true because they have a gun , but they also should be able to
It’s horrible I take gummies because I sit for hours at a time and have back issues and am a ex addict and refuse medication in pill form but I lost my job because of something I did on my days off
Someone is going to get rich if they can create a test that tells how long ago someone used. Until then a field sobriety test should be sufficient. If they can walk, talk and react well then they are most likely safe to drive
That's cool and all but sobriety test are not very reliable and nothing is stopping the cop from making shitup
O it's coming bet you're ass
I was shocked to see this video. People first need to learn how to drive all types of vehicles. I sick of fighting for my life on the road for no reason. Also. My brother was over the road trucker in the 90s. One company he drove for ran all drives hard. Today, drivers couldn't handle it. Everyone in that company was on Cocaine. He himself. Never touched it. Yet. My dad, my brother, and I. When we all had our CDL. Driving truck. Running not a log book. 3 log books. None stop driving. Taking a nap here and there. None of us to this day, even. Has touched narcotics.
There has to be a way truck drivers can fight this. The effects of marijuana wear off after a couple hours, and it is not fair and you should be able to sue your company if they fight you.
Yet this dude was saying that carriers should still have the right to test you if they want. Its ridiculous how they wanna restrict peoples freedoms
simple swab test in the morning and swab test when back proves they didnt smoke at the job or before the job
Why not you're the bunch of truck drivers together and?
See how much they can take before they lose control do a study.
How does it impair your ability, is necessary to keep it as an impairment.
Bacause it does isnt an answer.
funny i have been high as hell since i started driving i just recently quit smoking to be a truck driver. i have never ever ever been in a accident. i have actually drove my way out of other stupid drivers fuck ups while high as a kite. are yall looking for bad drivers to get them high and test their ability to drive while high? i've been doing it for over twenty years. only one time that i ate a hemp bar that i was actually too high to drive and i got the hell off the road. on my own accord. safely may i say. learned my lesson not to eat a eatable while driving after that. but smoking blunts and bowls and joints never had a problem.
For 1 thing for sure nobody with a CDL should never want to smoke that shit later on drink and drive
The fact that these politicians still think Alcohol is better than cannabis going into 2024 shows how ignorant and worthless they are. As mentioned in another comment "Nobody should be under the influence of anything when driving any vehicle or truck but what people do on their on time should be no ones business"
As a truck driver i should be more than legal to enjoy myself at home without government telling me otherwise the amount that can be in your system is stupid because cannabis can stay in your system for to long
Booz disrupts mechanical nervous inputs, blackouts.
It’s more dangerous for me to drive with Tourette’s syndrome rather than taking a hit and driving.
Every driver should know that driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol is stupid and irresponsible, but if I'm at home on my time off I should be able to pour myself a drink or smoke a fat one if it's legal.
Smoking while driving is 100% way safer then driving while drunk,,, I smoke daily and I’ll out drive anyone and pass any drivers test
So I can smoke marijuana and not drive out of town, only get by the hour and not by the mile and come home every night… Im a truck driver that is going to a pot shop the day he retires. Maybe I will just quit.
If you can drink alcohol after long hard days of work you should be able to smoke a joint. You will feel more rested next day no hangover. In Canada Truckers can smoke they got saliva test it's 2024.
No pot smoking
They need to come out with a test that is instant, like an alcohol test. Drivers should be able to smoke on their time off, on the other hand… there should be a 0 Tolerance for weed while driving.
Last time I checked you don’t black out and forget with marijuana. 😂
ban alcohol too
They tried America got bloody during the 1920's moonshine is big business when alcohol is illegal thousands would die
Impact on drivers and companies? I know once it was finally legalized in my state, I found other work. I don’t like that other work, I’d rather be driving. I’m excellent. High work ethics, I would never drive impaired by anything.
I was listening closely until he went all ignorant and claimed all alcohol affects us the same. So 12 oz of beer is the same as 110 proof 12 oz of grain alcohol. What an idiot.
You need to show how its impairing anyones driving.
This is such bullshit. “Currently no tests to determine marijuana impairment.” It’s called Saliva test man! Detects THC 1 to 24 hours of use, which also means a driver would have to be responsible as far as when he or she uses it before going on the road.
Glad its ok now and they can make the shit up as they go 😂😂🎉❤🎉
Drive high stay alive.
Rather it was legal or not people have been using marijuana,just because it's legal hasn't changed if people were driving high or not politicians ,and people even talking on the issue are ignorant to the fact people have been getting high
And they messing up the trucking industry, thinking they making the road safe, people are people,and everyone can make a mistake, but i don't condone hard drugs or alcohol
i work 12 hrs shift of driving and should be allowed to smoke after a long day. How is it legal to get shit faced passed out drunk on Saturday and go to work monday like nothing happened.
Less crashes stoned than drunk
It is NOT legal in an city or state or anywhere in the u.s. to drive any vehicle stoned. So there's that. If you have to be drunk or high driving a semi, go back to McDonald's. We really need better drivers out here as it is. Not worse.
Today there was a recommendation for marijuana to be changed from a schedule, one drug to a schedule three drug. It is up to the DEA to change it now I believe.
Carriers for the most part will not hire sap drivers it’s a nightmare trying to get a job
Ive been around and in the trucking industry most of my life and have known many a trucker to come in hungover as shit and go drive. Thats ok though.
The real answers will only be found in the courts
Legalize it already
If you are fat it can be 3+ months. I failed 2.5 months later after taking a summer off in oregon. Such bs
Impaired?
Stupid topic reserved for drunks, with true impairment