Westminster Area C.A.A.T.

06/06/2022

Our Board of Directors has made the timely decision that we are retiring and dissolving the Westminster Area Community Awareness Action Team (CAAT) nonprofit agency. Although a difficult farewell, we know the impacts we have made will continue to positively influence our community. Words are not enough to express our gratitude to everyone. We invite you to post photos, memories, and words of thanks here on the page - for all to enjoy and reminisce!

12/15/2021

We were thrilled to see activities for Red Ribbon Week 2021 featured in the Westminster Public Schools newsletter. Check out the story below if you missed it the first time...

https://www.westminsterpublicschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=170&ModuleInstanceID=20455&ViewID=E0EBE646-8651-49B0-B52B-1F7089C8E9C2&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=28468&PageID=1451

03/21/2021

Great news today from our neighbors to the south...

03/21/2021

02/02/2021

Now that the substances involved in DUIs are separated out, we are now able to measure how big the problem driving with THC impairment is in our state. Check out the link below for more details.

For the first time, there's hard evidence that more and more people are driving high in Colorado.

11/05/2020

Last week, Peggy Sapp, President of the National Family Partnership spoke at the unveiling of the new Drug Free USA Forever Stamp. Last year, Mrs. Sapp and the DEA, submitted a joint letter to the U.S Postal Service's Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to propose a stamp to raise national awareness....

10/29/2020

"Compared with to***co, ma*****na smoking causes a fivefold greater impairment of the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity, Dr. Keyhani and colleagues reported."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/well/live/ma*****na-heart-health-cardiovascular-risks.html

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Research suggests that smoking ma*****na carries many of the same cardiovascular health hazards as smoking to***co.

01/31/2020

New Study: Ma*****na Impaired Traffic Deaths Doubled in Washington State Following Legalization

Preventing Another Big To***co

01/31/2020

Benchmark Youth Drug Use Survey Finds Ma*****na Va**ng Has Doubled, Daily Use Significantly Increased

Preventing Another Big To***co

01/21/2020

Preventing Another Big To***co

01/20/2020

Recent publication:

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified how THC from ma*****na accelerates cancer growth in patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive head and neck cancer.