Medical Marijuana card and DOT drug test

If you have a California medical Marijuana card and required to be enrolled in a DOT drug and alcohol testing program, you are breaking the law.

Federal DOT does not authorize “State medical Marijuana card” to be a valid explanation for positive drug test

The Department of Transportation’s Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a transportation employee’s positive drug test result.

Please note that marijuana remains a drug listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. It remains unacceptable for any safety‐sensitive employee subject to drug testing under the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) drug testing regulations to use marijuana. The DOT regulations are under the Federal law, the medical marijuana card is approved by the State of California, which Federal Law supersedes the State law

For more information contact:

Dr. Mersedeh Eghdami, DC, QME, BAT, FCE

Consolidated Health Management Team # 11

dba Northern California Drug Testing Clinic

Mountain View, CA 94040

650-669-6567

http://www. drugtestca.com