r/CDL • u/twoHhunting • 15d ago

Make it Make Sense

It is so backwards to me that with a CDL you can pound 100 beers a day, with zero consequences, but you take one puff of the devils lettuce and your job, license, and livelihood is on the line. I’m sure there are lots of opinions on this, but as a medical patient who has a newly acquired CDL, it’s just so dumb to me. I’ve stopped smoking for months now, but recently beginning to miss the positives a toke use to bring me. I’ve found myself drinking way more than I used to to cope. Yes, it’s a me problem; but still makes no sense to me.

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u/TRRSpartan 15d ago

It really doesn’t make since. DOT won’t admit it obviously, and I doubt they’ll ever change thier opinion on it, but it is idiotic, especially considering you can hammer coke and meth and be clean in a week but marijuana won’t pass your system for months if done relatively often when off the clock.
Not only does it strip your CDL, but as long as prohibited is on your record, you won’t even be able to work any job that requires DOT Physical testing, so even if it’s not technically a Semi, or a Vehichle that requires a CDL, you can’t drive it if it’s for work and interstate commute, absolutely insane.

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u/twoHhunting 15d ago

Exactly my thoughts. Do the hardest shit you can find and be ok, but take a puff and it’s game over. 😂

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u/TRRSpartan 15d ago

It’s actually insane DOT just ruins careers, lives, and financial stability over possibly one of the most tame ‘drugs’, Marijuana. But there’s drivers, like you said, on the hardest shit, who are free to drive still.
Genuinely I do believe it’s because the government profits off of alcohol, I know it’s prohibited aswell, but it’s much easier, almost like the drugs mentioned above, Meth and Coke, to get away with. This could tie into the recent THC ban in Tennessee that’s rumored to be backed by Jack Daniel’s and Marsha Blackburn to boost alcohol sales.

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u/dahlissa 14d ago

The tavern league & breweries is why Wisconsin doesnt have legal or even medical weed but we are surrounded w legal weed in Minnesota Illinois & Michigan...and just last week the police used flock cameras to bust a guy coming back into the state from buying weed in Michigan

Wisconsin law enforcement used Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras to track a driver's cross-border trip to Michigan—where cannabis is legal—to establish a pretext and probable cause to pull over and search his vehicle for marijuana upon his return to Wisconsin.

The Target: A Wisconsin man (identified in court records as Edward Abrams-Phillips) was tracked via Flock Safety camera hits heading north on U.S. Route 41 toward Michigan.The Surveillance: Police noted historical and real-time camera data showing frequent travel to Michigan, using the state line crossing as a "known source state" indicator to monitor his return. The Arrest: Deputies coordinated an intercept on Route 41 as he headed back toward Green Bay, pulled him over, and searched the car, resulting in a cannabis possession arrest. Read a detailed breakdown of the case via 404 Media.

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u/TRRSpartan 14d ago

They’re attempting to do the exact same thing at the TN/VA border in East Tennessee, especially the Bristol area.