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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced December 27, 2019, that it is doubling the minimum annual percentage rate of random drug testing for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The agency is raising the minimum random drug testing rate of commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders from the current 25 percent to 50 percent for calendar year 2020.

DNA testing kits were a popular gift over the holidays, and now one company is offering users the chance to learn more about their health as well as their past. NBC investigative and consumer correspondent Vicky Nguyen joins TODAY with what you need to know.

Hackers have accessed over 7.9 billion consumer records so far this year, with experts predicting that over 8.5 billion accounts will be exposed by the end of the year.[CR-LF][CR-LF]The majority of the over 5,000 data hacks this year Risk Based Security has tracked so far consisted of only a few million accounts. Yet there were a few mega hacks that involved hundreds of millions.[CR-LF]In early June, lab-testing company Quest Diagnostics announced that it found a data breach affecting its billing and collections vendor, the American Medical Collection Agency.

23andMe tests for 29 variants of the CFTR gene that causes cystic fibrosis, he said, while his department uses Quest Diagnostics to test for 161. Quest also offers a broader test that can look for about 1,000 variants associated with 98 percent of cystic fibrosis cases. More than 1,700 variants of this gene have been discovered, according to the CF Foundation.

With the possibility of legalizing recreational marijuana appearing on the 2020 ballot, the Florida House Health Quality Subcommittee continued hearings on the potential consequences of legalizing cannabis on Wednesday. [CR-LF] [CR-LF]Pro-legalization advocates have raised concerns that lawmakers have focused too much on the negatives and given little time to the positives.[CR-LF] [CR-LF]Members heard from economics professor Dr. Rosalie Pacula with the University of Southern California.[CR-LF]And a drug testing lab, which suggested its research shows employees have steadily been increasing marijuana use over the past decade.[CR-LF] [CR-LF]“There's been a 70 percent higher self-reported use of marijuana among those respondents not subject to employer drug testing,” said Dr. Barry Sample with Quest Diagnostics.