DOT: Medical Marijuana Not Allowed for Transportation Employees

In response to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) new relaxed view towards medical marijuana, the Department of Transportation (DOT) released a compliance notice to make the DOT's position clear. NO MARIJUANA FOR TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES. Well they didn't quite say it like that, but effectively they did. The notice declares that a medical marijuana prescription is no excuse for a transportation employee to fail a drug test. In other words, if you smoke medical marijuana with a prescription, don't plan on keeping your transportation job. The DOT emphasized that the reason for this policy is public safety.

The notice can be found here.