DOT wants to start testing truckers for oxycodone, hydrocodone and other opioids
The Department of Transportation this week proposed adding four commonly abused opioids to the list of drugs that drivers must be screened for in urine analysis tests. To bring its drug testing protocol up to date with new Health and Human Services guidelines, the DOT has proposed adding hydrocodone, oxycodone, oxymorphone and hydromorphone to its drug testing panel. The drugs are generally taken as pain pills. Opioid abuse has seen a sharp upward trend in recent years, the C
