CDL urine test question.

[ultrarunner]

For many years there was a occupational clinic in my building and most of what they did was drug testing and physicals…

The poppy seeds jammed more than a few…

 

[Gator6x4]

For many years there was a occupational clinic in my building and most of what they did was drug testing and physicals…

The poppy seeds jammed more than a few…

"A drug test may detect poppy seeds in the urine within just 30 minutes of eating the seeds and for up to 48 hours after consumption. If a person consumes large doses of poppy seeds, traces of opiates may remain in their system for up to 60 hours."

"Now the good stuff that people like is all over the scale.

• For most short-acting opioids (morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and heroin), your urine drug test should be negative within 24-72 hours.
• For longer acting opioids (such as methadone or buprenorphine) it may take a week or more.
• Fentanyl is a special case and may take several weeks."

"Now the good old Mary Jane is the King. It will stay with you for a month.

Cannabis: 7-30 days in urine and up to 2 weeks in blood. Cocaine: 3-4 days in urine and 1-2 days in blood. Codeine: 1 day in urine and up to 12 hours in blood. Heroin: 3-4 days in urine and up to 12 hours in blood."

 

[5030]

Don't consume poppy seeds and don't do cannabis so I guess I'm good and a pee test has mostly been replaced with a hair pull anyway.

 

[scootr]

Clean urine for sale

 

[jk96]

Maybe I missed it but if the original question was not specifically addressed there are companies available for random testing. I am an owner/operator with hazmat so I am subject to random drug and alcohol testing. Since I am an owner/operator I obviously can't test myself. I use HireRight to meet compliance. You will get a quarterly draw notification letting you know if you have been selected from the national pool they have placed you in. It's like winning the reverse lottery where you drop what plans you have and pay as well to get tested.

 

[QRTRHRS]

I do not currently drive a commercial vehical but I renewed my CDL when I renewed my license back in Dec. I have the "S" endorsement which used to mean a physical yearly but now that is two years like everyone else. However, health issues require me to keep up the yearly check up.

Since any employer would require an up to date test, I am just going to do what my neighbor who's situation is similar and not worry about it.

The last company that I drove for had a random sample. I wish that I could pick lottery numbers as well. I was always getting popped.

 

[jk96]

I do not currently drive a commercial vehical but I renewed my CDL when I renewed my license back in Dec. I have the "S" endorsement which used to mean a physical yearly but now that is two years like everyone else. However, health issues require me to keep up the yearly check up.

Since any employer would require an up to date test, I am just going to do what my neighbor who's situation is similar and not worry about it.

The last company that I drove for had a random sample. I wish that I could pick lottery numbers as well. I was always getting popped.

If your not actively driving as a CDL driver I would do the same as you are not going to be subject to audits. If you started operating as an owner operator you would need to, or as a driver for a company, although the company would take care of it on their end.

 

[QRTRHRS]

LOL, when I was thirty, I quit driving, went to school for electronics, got 20yrs in high tech until that went bust. Went back to driving. Moved to KY. Got a job in aerospace which fell under FAA rules so more drug tests. Also, picked by computer. Guess who got popped regularly?

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I was incorrect. It is federal mandate, not insurance company mandate.

As far as keeping your CDL even though you are not using it, I believe most (if not all) states have a CDL category "intrastate" (means in state only, in ND it is a "Category 3" CDL), where a MEC card (Medical Examiner Certificate) is not required to be filed with the state (or renewed). HOWEVER, if you are still driving a CDL required vehicle with that Category 3 license, then you still need to have the MEC card on you anytime you're driving that vehicle. BUT if you are not driving a commercial vehicle, you don't need to get or keep a MEC card at all. Many retired or semi-retired CDL drivers do this to "keep" their CDL even though they are not using it and don't really plan to use it in the future.

 

[truckdiagnostics]

Renewed my driver's license. Come to find out i am grandfathered in on the med card. So i kept my commercial license. Apparently I don't need the med card until I drive out of state? That was a surprise.