Despite growing concerns in the trucking industry over a rise in the legal use of marijuana, there is a general lack of research on the relationship between use of the drug and crashes, as well as a need for better law-enforcement tools and training to detect impaired-driver use of the drug, according to new research by the American Transportation Research Institute.
March 13, 2019GovernmentBusiness
Legal Status for Transport of Hemp Remains Confusing
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear a legal challenge to the arrest of an Oregon truck driver and seizure of a 6,700-pound load of hemp being transported through Idaho.
March 6, 2019GovernmentBusinessSafety
Fired Truck Driver Sues Cannabidiol Company After Using Product
While 33 states allow the use of medical marijuana and 10 states permit possession and recreational use of pot, for truck drivers there is but one law: Don鈥檛 use it. Period.
December 20, 2018GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Sunniva Acquires LTYR Logistics
Sunniva Inc. has acquired LTYR Logistics, a California-based cannabis distribution company headquartered in San Diego, according to a Sunniva news release.
December 13, 2018GovernmentBusiness
Medical Marijuana Companies Snap Up Trucking Rate Firm
RushNet Inc. and XYZ Hemp Inc. said they have acquired GreatRateFreight Inc., a company that specializes in using technology to link shippers with trucking companies. Terms were not disclosed.
November 26, 2018Business
Marijuana on Store Shelves Creates Colorado Cargo-Hauling Niche
At a farm in the foothills of Colorado鈥檚 Rocky Mountains, Corey Young tucks his client鈥檚 marijuana into a shoe box-sized container in an unmarked white van and heads out on the road.
April 6, 2015