The McClatchy/Merced Sun-Star Commerce Content team, which is independent from our newsroom, oversees this content. When it comes to standard drug screening, the truth is that most drug tests look for ...

New 2026 cannabis bills in Mississippi, Hawaii, and Nebraska reveal the next wave of drug testing challenges for employers.

The addition later this year of oral-fluid drug testing for marijuana, which typically detects use only for up to 72 hours after use, could allow truck drivers to use the drug and avoid detection, ...

Six months after the rollout of a controversial law to drug-test people applying for public benefits, only a small fraction of low-income Tennesseans seeking financial assistance have tested positive ...

A Democratic congresswoman is pushing the federal government to consider “relaxing” strict drug testing rules for ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Feb. 28 added the testing of oral fluid as a method of drug screening for DOT-regulated workplaces—including trucking—in a proposed rulemaking. The new ...

The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and ...

In 2019, Jared* was set to move across the country to start a new job at a clean-energy company. After he accepted the offer, the company told him he'd need to take a drug test, a requirement he says ...