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Trucking under influence.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-MAY-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Trucking under influence.(Editorials)(GAO study reveals major flaws in testing, oversight)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Byline: The Register-Guard

As if driving on the nation's highways weren't harrowing enough already, now comes a new study warning of gaping flaws in drug and alcohol testing programs for commercial truck drivers and in the federal agencies charged with oversight.

An investigation by the Government Accountability Office found widespread refusal by trucking companies to conduct mandatory testing. Nine percent of the nation's carriers have no drug testing program at all in...

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