Over a quarter of People in America live in a jurisdiction that allows weed. Weed’s growing popularity in the U.S. Is an increasing and complex concern for the trucking business. American Trucking Associations is looking to take the lead in how U.S. Businesses adapt to lawful weed, noting that there’s more to learn more about its effects. The ATA Board of Directors has created policies that were new this week which calls for a common-sense approach to liberalizing cannabis laws, in the name of security. And because each state has different cannabis legislation, ATA wants the US government to change its approach.
We have got to get the national people involved with this so we have in uniform depreciation rules through our nation, Harold Sumerford Jr., CEO of J&M Tank Lines, told a luncheon audience at ATA’s Control Conference & Exhibition. Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a 3 part series on legal marijuana impacts on trucking and transportation. Read the second part. SAN DIEGO, Over a quarter of People in America, live in a jurisdiction that allows bud that is legal. Weed’s growing popularity in the U.S. Is an increasing and complex concern for the trucking business. Related: Tackling legal bud, HOS, infrastructure among ATA’s priorities.
American Trucking Associations is looking to take the lead in how U.S. Businesses adapt to lawful weed, noting that there’s more to learn more about its effects. The ATA Board of Directors has created policies that were new this week which calls for a common sense approach to liberalizing cannabis laws, in the name of security. And because each state has different cannabis legislation, ATA wants the US government to change its approach. We have got to get the national people involved with this so we have in uniform depreciation rules through our nation, Harold Sumerford Jr., CEO of J&M Tank Lines, told a luncheon audience at ATA’s Control Conference & Exhibition.
Related: As fleets transition into ELDs, malfunctions, personal conveyance develop into focus. Sumerford is co-chairman of ATA Controlled Substances, Wellness & Health Working Group, which is tasked with handling the impact of marijuana on trucking. Co-chairman Paul Enos, Chief executive officer of the Nevada Trucking Association, said ATA’s aims are to defend carriers’ rights to have a drug free workplace, to test their staff and also to restrict liability. But we also need to be sure that whenever we get more data and more info on this, we may alter too, Enos stated.
Since the question is: Why is someone diminished when they tested positive? Since it stays on your system for 30 days. That is the crux of the matter, right? You might not be diminished. I know whether I’d seven or eight whiskeys the other night, feeling quite rough the following day, but we’d know, twenty-four hours later, I’m going to be nice. We do not know where that’s in the bud and that’s the biggest challenge that we’ve today.