The Writes of A Man, for ALL Humanity

Testimony given at St Clair County Meeting, Port Huron Michigan. June 18, 2026

My name is Jim Casha, currently from Tilsonburg, Ontario, Canada, but I am a longtime Michigan resident, born here in Detroit, lived in St. Clair Shores and Memphis, Michigan, just on the border of St. Clair County. Anyway, you heard my talk last week. I brought up the subject of prenatal alcohol exposure, and I promised you an email that I did not deliver, and so I’ll do it today, though. I’m going to bring some more information. Meet my little buddy. I’ll talk about him a little later. But alcohol trumps everything. Drunk aids alcohol and wants babies in YK say stop drinking when making babies. Can you help me make this happen? Perhaps a resolution, perhaps a petition to the state legislatures or someone to do something. And if that doesn’t work, do something else. Prenatal alcohol exposure is not a problem with a little A. It’s the problem with a capital T-H-E. This is the long time process. People have been warned for the Bible. This has been in there. Behold, judges chapter 13, behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son, not drink no wine or strong drink. This is prior to conception. Don’t drink. After World War II and the baby boomers, we had an increase in alcohol consumption and an increase in baby making. First part of that crop, 1946, Trump, Clinton, Bush, right? They’re all there. Those had a mass migration of the poor folks from the south. This you see also McConnell at the resource center in Clinton Township. He talks about $700 million in new funding to tackle addiction and mental health. But in this thing, he does not mention alcohol. The Kennedys were on the leading edge of the alcohol, fetal alcohol issue many decades ago, 50 years ago. So who is Boogaloo Bunyan? Boogaloo Bunyan was the one of the kidnappers of Whitmer, who was a sentence overturned on a technicality. But the amazing part is, he was also diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome at a young age. And his life mirrors all these problems that they’re trying to solve. So I ask Dr. Nevin and this board to get together and get to the legislators and get this message to our state to deal with this issue. Deal with this issue first. This is first and foremost. You can’t fix the problem after it’s too late. Prevention is the only solution.

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: A Call to Action

My name is Jim Casha. I currently live in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, but I am a longtime Michigan resident. I was born in Detroit, lived in St. Clair Shores, and later in Memphis, Michigan, just on the border of St. Clair County.

You heard me speak last week. I brought up the subject of prenatal alcohol exposure, and I promised to send you an email. I did not deliver it then, so I am doing so now.

I also want to introduce you to my little buddy. I’ll talk about him a little later.

Alcohol trumps everything. It fuels addiction, mental illness, crime,

family breakdown, and countless other social problems. Yet when it comes to preventing lifelong disabilities in children, we are still not doing enough. We need to tell people: Stop drinking when making babies.

Can you help make this happen? Perhaps through a resolution, a petition to the Michigan Legislature, or another meaningful action. And if one approach doesn’t work, let’s find another.

Prenatal alcohol exposure is not a problem with a little “p.” It is the problem—with a capital T-H-E. It is the root cause of so many of the issues we spend billions of dollars trying to fix later in life.

This is not a new message. People have been warned about alcohol for thousands of years. The Bible says in Judges 13, “Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink.” The warning begins even before conception.

Following World War II and the Baby Boom, alcohol consumption increased dramatically, as did the number of pregnancies. The first of that generation was born in 1946. Many of the nation’s leaders—including Trump, Clinton, and Bush—came from that era. It was also a time of tremendous population growth and migration.

Today we continue investing hundreds of millions of dollars to address addiction and mental health. For example, there has been discussion of $700 million in new funding to tackle these issues. Yet alcohol—the leading preventable cause of developmental disability—is often missing from the conversation. The Kennedy family was bringing attention to fetal alcohol issues decades ago. Fifty years have passed since fetal alcohol syndrome was first identified, yet we still have not made prevention the priority it deserves.

So who is “Bumpaloo Bunyan”?

He was one of the individuals charged in the Whitmer kidnapping case, whose conviction was later overturned on a technicality. What many people don’t know is that he was diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome as a young child. His life reflects many of the very problems society is struggling to solve.

That is why I am asking Dr. Nevin and this Board to work together and take this message to our legislators.

Please ask the State of Michigan to make prenatal alcohol exposure prevention a priority.

Deal with this issue first.

You cannot fix the damage after it is done.

Prevention is the only solution.