On House Bill 5120, Democrats and Republicans must chill to pass this damn bill!

     The process of streamlining expungement has started with the introduction of House Bill 5120. This bill will allow county prosecutors to be the primary decision maker in removing felonies and misdemeanors from a person’s public record. Under this new legislation, a county prosecutor has 60 days to respond to an application to set aside a conviction for a misdemeanor and 90 days for a felony if the prosecutor does not object to the application.

My Name is Dana,
and I am the AG.
When it comes to the law,
Don't mess with me!

The introduction of this bill is a start of a process that will allow a citizen to clear their record for as little as $65.00.  The $50.00 is a mandatory payment to the Michigan State Police and, the $15.00 is for fingerprinting from your municipal police department. You can get a hardship waiver for the fingerprinting costs from social justice agencies.

In order for this process to move forward, a hearing and a vote by the House of Representatives judicial committee is necessary. Then it must be approved by the all of the representatives. Then the Michigan Senate has to get it together and pass this bill for Governor Gretchen Whitmer to sign into law with immediate effect.

You must contact the elected officials at the bottom of this article to demand that the following list of actions be taken by Attorney General Dana Nessel to benefit the citizens.

• The production of a statewide list of people convicted by MCL number within a county for misdemeanors and felonies for the purpose of expungement.
• Using the list to generate applications for set asides, where county prosecutors and social equity advocates will review cases for expungement.
• If there is no objection to the application, a county prosecutor will have the power of generating letters for Judges to grant default judgments to defendants, relieving them of having to appear in person in front of a judge.
• Defendants will benefit in cost savings from having to pay for parking, fuel, meals and, getting the opportunity to move on with their lives.
• As the top law enforcement official in the State of Michigan, Dana Nessel will implement this within 10 days of the bill becoming state law.

During this hearing, citizens can ask for the bill to be amended with things like removal of quantity limits for marijuana convictions for example. Other lobbyists like for profit prison shareholders will want to add things to keep people incarcerated for profit and make it harder to expunge. Anti-Marijuana groups like the Detroit NAACP will make religious and mental reasons to keep the cash flowing for their rehabilitation programs and organizations.

When the hearing date and time is published (or before) make plans to: show up in person, make a phone call, send an email, text, or, fax to the Governor’s office, Michigan State Senate leadership and, House of Representatives to tell them:

Save the Taxpayers Money, Support HB 5120! 

Please place this statement on all correspondence.

Don’t delay, contact these people today!

Copy of House Bill 5120 - State of Michigan

IMPORTANT FIRST Contact!!!!!!!!
Contact this State Representative FIRST to get the party started!

State Rep Graham Filler(R)  District 93, 
Chairman of the MI House Judiciary Committee Lansing Office
Anderson House Office Building
N-1197 House Office Building
Lansing, MI 48933
Mailing Address
N-1197 House Office Building
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 373-1778
Email: GrahamFiller@house.mi.gov
Website: www.gophouse.org/representatives/central/filler
District Map:  Click Here to see if you live in his district/Clinton and parts of Gratiot County.

Schedule a meeting with the House Judiciary Committee by contacting

Melissa Sweet, Committee Clerk 

(517) 373-5176  

msweet@house.mi.gov

Contact these people next, after you demand that Rep. Filler schedule HB 5120 for a vote in his committee A.S.A.P!

• Office of the Governor
• Gretchen Whitmer  (517) 373-3400
• Garland Gilcrest
• Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (517) 335-7682
• miag@michigan.gov 
• Michigan State Senators - Full Directory
• Adam Hollier
• senahollier@senate.michigan.gov
• Jeff Irwin
• SenJIrwin@senate.michigan.gov
• Senate Judiciary Committee - Sen Peter Lucido Chair
• SenPLucido@senate.michigan.gov
• Michigan House of Representatives - Full Directory
• Leslie Love (517) 373-0857
• leslielove@house.mi.gov
• Sherry Gay-Dagnogo  (517) 373-3815
• SherryGay-Dagnogo@house.mi.gov
• Kyra Bolden (517) 373-1788
• KyraBolden@house.mi.gov
• Isaac Robinson  (517) 373-1008
• IsaacRobinson@house.mi.gov
• House of Representatives - Judiciary Committee Members
• Contact Information for ALL Members

The DEA is In The Way of Solving the Opioid Epidemic by Enforcing Flawed Policies and Procedures

SINCE WHEN IS THE JOB OR THE ROLE  OF LAW ENFORCEMENT (DEA) TO DICTATE AND DEFINE MEDICAL / PHARMACEUTICAL PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS.

This past Saturday, October 12, 2019, I was on the Campus of Florida A&M University celebrating the homegoing of one of the greatest Professors of Pharmacy known throughout the world  Leonard Inge.  A simple poor  kid,  youngest of 13 siblings, from Pritchard Al., who served as President of The National Pharmacist Association, 12 years Florida Board of Pharmacy, 34 years Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy (and I could go on and on an never complete this e-mail)  where his specialty was teaching Pharmacy Law and Compounding. 

I was trained by one of the greatest Professors and Iv’e been  practicing pharmacy the same way, using the same concepts, methodology, the same procedures and techniques in Pharmaceutical Compounding as taught to me at Florida A&M University for over 45 years.  Our continuing education on  Compounding Pharmaceuticals (from various sources) mirrors that which was taught to me at Florida A&M by Leonard Inge and other Professors.

So I asked my self what has changed?? The answer points to one very questionable and dangerous practice LAW ENFORCEMENT has intruded into defining medical procedures and protocols.  We see this in the so-called Opioid Crisis, the idea OPIOID medications. are cannot be use for chronic pain are simply not true and is misleading. Further the idea these medications are not to be used in combination with other medications such those use to relieve anxiety (benzodiazopines) , mood disorders or sleep are further in error. 

Opioid medications when prescribed and used for long term chronic pain will result in dependency, therefore it becomes the role of the Pharmacist to ensure the patient who is being treated for chronic pain on how to use of this class medications correctly to ensure their safety. 

For example, Oxycodone is a very effective medication for treating chronic pain when used and taken at a therapeutic dose. Oxycodone, is effective against most chronic pain generated from the central nervous system. However as with any medication used to treat a chronic condition in order to sustain life the patient may become permanently dependent on theses classes of drug for the rest of their life. 

 These medications are safe when used correctly and like any medications control or non control when taken beyond their therapeutic doses are dangerous and may result in death. The literature more than clearly show death due to drug toxicity will likely occur when prescription opioid are taken beyond its therapeutic amounts or commitant  use with alcohol, other, substances meds. Most importantly, to this date unless in the case of extreme anaphylaxis, there is no case in the literature when any individual has succumbed to death when given a therapeutic dose of a medically prescribed Opioid. 

However, Law Enforcement (DEA, United States Attorney DOJ) in order to seek greater power or authority "stigmatized the disease and traumatizes the afflicted" (e.g. Sangu Delle) they have used heavy handed techniques to target Physicians, Pharmacists, Nurses, Drug wholesalers particular African America and other minorities in this manufactured medical Opioid Crisis Epidemic to promote their funding. In fact DEA is the single most government agency who tactics have the increase cost of medication and healthcare all across America by mis-interpreting purpose and roles of medications needed to treat acute, chronic, neuropathic and psychological, pain. Law Enforcement (DEA, United States Attorney DOJ) have engaged campaign of disinformation to sway the public to a point of that these medications are in deed drugs, dangerous drugs who dosages are red flags indicating abuse and trafficking contributing to the Opiod crisis around America.

When, I was on my way back to the United States leaving Johannesburg  on Air France flying to Paris, and I came across TED.com lectures  and became fascinated, enthralled specifically with the lecture of a Nigerian Professor Sangu Delle concerning Mental health in-which he says “…when it comes to mental illness our ignorance eviscerates  our empathy,”  Professor Delle elaborated, Dans Une etude realisee par Arbole Flores ( in a study done by Arboleda-Flores), when directly  asking people about the causes of mental illness the result were staggeringly sad;

  1. 34%  Cited drug misuse

  2. 19%  Cited divine raft of will of God

  3. 12%  Cited witchcraft and spiritual possession

Professor Delle summarizes, mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and our social well being most people simply ignore or fail to understand causes of Mental illness which include, genetics, Social economics status, Wars and conflicts, or the loss of a loved one. Professor Delle emphasizes, “we must stop stigmatizing the disease and traumatize the afflicted.”

Dr. Norman Clement Sr.

by Norman J Clement RPH, DDS, and Walter R. Clement , Prof., Law Enforcement.