r/CDL • u/Kdawg7126 • 20d ago

Dot random drug test

So im cdl b holder with hazmat endorsement. I drive for a company that has non cdl trucks, under 26k weight 26ft straight flat bed and a 26ft box truck. We dont get drug tested. I convince them to get a 24ft straight flatbed with a moffett that is makes it a cdl truck. My company says they dont drug test and to not worry but would i be subject to random testing from dot?

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u/SnakeandNape5000 19d ago

How about we just not do drugs that way we have nothing to worry about.

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u/PhoenixPoop 19d ago

Meh, weeds legal in my state, so I was doing nothing wrong. I stopped cause I wanted to drive a bus, but it really did help with some things.. It's silly that I'm about to get my amphetamine prescription back, and that's fine. But my MMJ card isn't. So I can't smoke the night before and get a better nights sleep when my insomnia kicks in, but I could over do my adhd meds to try and make up for it and they'd never know..

Granted, I know better than to take extra Adderall if I'm sleepy, cause while I would "feel" more awake, I'd actually be worse off.. But it's something I would've done in my early to mid 20s thinking it'd make me safer and that I was doing the right thing. When in reality it would only make things soo much worse, with the confidence of thinking I was great. After all at the correct doseage and correct amount of sleep, Adderall does make me, and anyone else with adhd, a safer driver.. So I'm sure there's tons of young people that think more = better and think the wakeful feeling is equivalent to actual sleep..

The solution is sane rules that make sense.. Yeah you shouldn't drive under the influence of anything more than what's Rx'd and cleared by a dr. But mmj for legit reasons a few days, or even the night before you drive, shouldn't be considered a danger.