Despite the Trump administration's reclassification of medical marijuana, federally regulated truckers and pilots remain off limits to using the substance. The Department of Transportation clarified in a new notice that workers subject to drug testing are still not permitted to consume marijuana, whether prescribed by a doctor or otherwise. This means that even though medical marijuana is now federally legal, it does not automatically become permissible for these workers.
The clarification comes as a result of the reclassification from Schedule I to Schedule III, which makes medical marijuana use federally legal. However, the Department of Transportation's (DOT) new notice highlights the challenges in implementing this change. The DOT document states that 'A
