GAO Faults Trucker Drug Testing Procedures
November 8th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
Citing lax security and procedures, undercover investigators said that it would be easy for truckers to cheat on mandatory drug tests required by federal law, NBC News reported Oct. 31.
The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) sent agents to 24 drug-testing sites using fake truck driver’s licenses and found that three-quarters failed to restrict items that could be used to adulterate urine samples. Agents were able to buy drug-masking kils online and use them at testing sites without being caught. “Every drug-masking product went undetected by the drug-screening labs,” the GAO report added.
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