25% increase year over year of positive drug tests in the transportation/warehousing industry

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

Urine drug tests have resulted in positive rates of increasing a relative 25% year over year. This growth signals a troubling statistic in the transportation and warehousing industry. Of those who tested positive, nearly 97,000 individuals are still in “prohibited” status, and an additional 72,000 individuals of those haven’t even started the return to duty process required to get back to work.

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