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Cannabis Drug Testing Partial Cause for U.S. Truck Driver Shortage
HighTimes ^ | May 23, 2022 | Nicole Potter

Posted on 05/24/2022 4:48:10 AM PDT by billorites

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To: billorites

i actually instructed my wife to start stocking up on pasta and some canned goods in case there is an authentic breakdown in the supply chain. I want to have enough until the smoke clears............


21 posted on 05/24/2022 6:36:53 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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They’ll find work. Gotta pay for those tattoos.


22 posted on 05/24/2022 6:52:17 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: billorites

It’s not just truck drivers. Oil companies in my area pay great starting wages. But, they can’t find enough employees because the applicants can’t pass a drug test. I bumped into a guy last month who moved here (Texas) from out of state because of the booming job market. He was working at a local grocery store for minimum wage. He had oilfield experience, and I asked him why he didn’t apply at one of the many oilfield companies in the area. He replied that he couldn’t pass the drug test.

I guess the dope is more important than the job and feeding his family. And, this guy moved hundreds of miles to get here!


23 posted on 05/24/2022 7:03:27 AM PDT by eastexsteve
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To: billorites
OK legalized that crap. Two weeks ago a teenaged girl was stoned and pulled in front of a tractor trailer rig. She was killed instantly. As was her five female teenaged passengers.

But, it's just weed, man. It's harmless. Right?

Stupid stoners. Stupid liberTardians.

24 posted on 05/24/2022 7:11:45 AM PDT by LouAvul (Comfort is the enemy of courage.)
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To: billorites

BULL CRAP:

IF I own a trucking company-—or any type of delivery company-even a florist shop-—I cannot get adequate INSURANCE to cover such driver behavior.

EVEN IF I could afford such premiums-—I still would have a terrible risk of LIABILITY. WHY should I risk my ENTIRE LIFE’S INVESTMENT to allow such driver behavior?

Too high to drive?

NO LICENSE——NO JOB-—GROW UP !!!!!

What is next??? NO LOCKS/DOORS on Banks-—then NO Bank Robbers????

The people mouthing these ideas are on SOMETHING-—and it isn’t good.


25 posted on 05/24/2022 8:22:23 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: bigfootbob

MAYBE driverless trucks are sounding better...


26 posted on 05/24/2022 8:30:18 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

Perhaps…


27 posted on 05/24/2022 8:33:30 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: billorites

For those that want to legalize marijuana.
There is nothing wrong with a drug addled driver of a 80,000 pound truck....


28 posted on 05/24/2022 8:42:27 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: WinstonSmith1984

You have a point. I lost my oldest and dearest friend to suicide by fentynal in January. He was a welder.

He was 64 , no wife or family. Didn’t know he was at the end of his rope. Wish he’d have opened up to someone for help but too late now....


29 posted on 05/24/2022 11:46:15 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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I guess the dope is more important than the job and feeding his family. And, this guy moved hundreds of miles to get here!

never known a pot head that could actually control themselves and keep it recreational, they don't call it dope for nothing.

its a slippery slope. can see the, "I only do it on weekends", going to "I only do it on break", going to "pot breaks".

same as the queers, " we only want to get married" moving to " WE WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP AS CONFUSED AND SICK AS WE ARE"!

30 posted on 05/24/2022 2:10:11 PM PDT by Ikeon (Romans 6:23)
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To: billorites

Certify the National Guard, activate, test reularly and hammer them if positive.

or

Start another branch of the service, or expand Army transporation units.

Gitter done Joey


31 posted on 05/24/2022 3:01:55 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Republican Wildcat

In west Nebraska, the Troopers post signs on east bound traffic on I-80 stating drug sniffing stops with dogs ahead and then they monitor the traffic dumping off the first exit which is usually only used by locals and farmers.


32 posted on 05/24/2022 7:09:56 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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