Marijuana Reclassification Must Account for Highway Safety Risks Says Trucking Industry
/PRNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations is calling attention to the negative consequences for highway safety and safety-sensitive industries that...
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/PRNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations is calling attention to the negative consequences for highway safety and safety-sensitive industries that...
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is warning that any reclassification of marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in the U.S. must take into account
The Justice Department’s move to loosen restrictions on pot has drawn a strong reaction from large trucking companies that fear recategorizing the drug could lead to more crashes. The post ATA red-flags DOJ’s proposed marijuana policy change appeared first on FreightWaves.
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