Ken Heuvelman for State Representative

06/13/2026

Psilocybin and other entheogens have had therapeutic and medicinal value for millenia. It is helpful in Treatment Resistant Depression, PTSD, and end of life anxiety. We need to allow these life changing plants to improve lives. There is enough evidence to demonstrate their safety, they need to be made available for Right to Try. If a substance is deemed safe by FDA clinical trials, then people should have the right to choose if they want to take the "risk" of using a novel and non-FDA approved medication.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/psilocybin-shows-benefit-real-world-treatment-resistant-2026a1000jm4

One of the first real-world studies of psilocybin therapy suggests meaningful improvements in treatment-resistant depression outside the controlled setting of clinical trials.

06/03/2026

15 years ago today, Dr. Jack Kevorkian passed away. I remember growing up and having conversations with my parents about who he was and what he was doing. I've always stood on the side that Medical Aid In Dying or Death With Dignity should not be criminalized, it should be viewed as compassion.

I believe that we need to protect our personal autonomy and decision making over our own lives. We should have the right to be an actual part of our end of life discussion and we should be the loudest voice in the room. With our aging populations and increase in chronic illnesses we need to have this conversation sooner than later.

I stand with current Michigan House Democrats who have introduced HB 5825, 5826, and 5828 to create the Death With Dignity Act.

If this bill dies on the House floor, I will make sure it is reintroduced. We need to start looking at death as part of life and being comfortable with uncomfortable things.

You can find more information on Medical Aid in Dying here...

Medical aid in dying is an end-of-life healthcare option in which a mentally capable, terminally ill adult may request a prescription from their healthcare provider for a medication they can choose to ingest to die peacefully.

05/23/2026

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05/14/2026

Today I'm in Lansing for the Unite to Face Addiction - Michigan Rally on the Capitol lawn.

Events like this that push back against stigma and judgement of people in recovery are inspiring. Helping people see that life CAN happen after addiction sends a powerful message to those struggling and their families.

We need to protect funding that supports substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery. As a licensed professional counselor and certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor I am front and center in seeing how administrative changes impact people's lives. We have the money to expand, we just have elected officials who don't care enough to make it possible.

https://heuvelman64th.com/

05/07/2026

As a person with experience overseeing the expenditures of State and Federal grant dollars across four counties, I am very aware of the need to look out for fraud, waste, and abuse of these funds.

Fraud is usually not difficult to spot. Over my 7 months in my role as Substance Use Director at Region 10 PIHP, I initiated multiple compliance complaints for 100's of thousands of dollars.

However, noticing and reporting fraud is good, but also useless if we don't staff the offices that enforce punishment. Michigan needs to invest in the Office of the Inspector General in order to hold those willing to steal our tax dollars.

We need someone in office who will protect our tax dollars and hold these people accountable!

05/05/2026

This is unfortunate, especially with a number of sportsman related initiatives gaining traction, including freezer limits for fish and one buck limits. True sportsmen know the need for conservation.

We need to make sure that we continue to protect our natural resources and activities that make Michigan Michigan.

Michigan United Conservation Clubs announced Monday it is dissolving.

05/05/2026

Are you supposed to be voting today??

Follow the link in the post to check and see so you can practice one of your most important rights...

It’s Election Day, Michigan!

Here’s a list of the jurisdictions holding an election today: go.mi.gov/392hz2198

Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Eligible citizens who need to register to vote can still do so by visiting their local clerk’s office with proof of residency.

Michigan.gov/Vote

05/05/2026

This is why we need to Protect Michigan Elections!

The US Constitution gives the State's rights to regulate our elections. We DO NOT need to vote twice, that is a voter suppression tactic plain and simple.

Being afraid to lose should not mean you change the rules to try and win, that's what whiny toddlers do in board games, not reasonable adults with emotional regulation.

In 2018 over 66% of Michiganders supported our current voting rules including absentee voting by mail for any reason. This helps voters see the ballot weeks before it is due, allowing registered voters the opportunity to review it before making their decision.

We need to protect mail-in voting, so that way everyone can vote the same way as our hypocritical President votes - by mail.

We don't need to continue with ineffective leadership in Lansing who only follow what the man in the red hat tells them to do. We need to stand firm and Protect Michiganders' Constitutional rights!

05/03/2026

We need people in government who are willing to protect Michigan!

We need to protect localized decision making!
We need to protect our natural resources!
We need to protect our bodies and minds!
We need to protect our employment, benefits, and paychecks!
We need to protect our elections!
We need to protect ALL of our constitutional rights!

I am not running to just check boxes off a partisan agenda like those who have been representing you. I am running to take action and protect the Bluewater way of life.

Your help can make that happen. Your help can give you effective and productive representation.

Show your support with a contribution.