October Meeting Gratitude

October Hawaii Patients Union Meeting Special Mahalos to our presenters, Roger Christie, Eric “Drake” Weinert and Jeff Pollock for great information for patients. Lots of information exchanged. Roger Christie opened the meeting up, hearts first and provided insights into what economic freedom could mean for Hawaii. A lingering thought… 1.6 billion dollars worth of Cannabis […]

Living with Stage 4 Lung Cancer

Mahalo a nui loa to Hubert and Judy for sharing their Stage 4 Lung Cancer Story. Their hope is that this message will help others. Please share with anyone you know living with Lung Cancer.  Our relationship with cancer began 6 months ago. My husband, Hubert, hadn’t been feeling well for several months prior […]

VHA Policy Directive 1315 An Open Letter to Hawaii State Governor David Y. Ige

Aloha Governor Ige, The Hawaii Patients Union are informing patient members of a new policy directive issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration that affects healthcare options for U.S. Veterans. Major changes in VHA DIRECTIVE 1315 include the addition of specific policies to support the Veteran-provider relationship when discussing the use of […]

Hawaii County Local Grown Certification Program

Confidential Educational Material Draft The purpose of this document is to help protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the County of Hawaii by adopting a local grown certification program in conformance with Hawaii State laws and the Hawaii State Department of Health rules and regulations. Read the current draft working […]

Hawaii Patient Union Website Launch

Aloha, it’s with gratitude and pleasure that we announce our latest efforts to support Hawaii’s access to legal, safe, affordable medicine for all patients. Our focus on patient rights over the years provides has provided certain insights we’d like to share. Among those is the need to bring people together. Together we have strength in […]

Veterans Parade in Hilo

For Immediate Release November 1st, 2017 Hawaii Patients Union Marches With Veterans to “Celebrate Service” Hilo, Hawai’i – The Hawai‘i Island Community is preparing to once again honor our Military Veterans on Saturday, November 4th, 2017, at the 10th Annual Hawaii Island Veterans Day Parade. The parade’s theme, “Celebrate Service”, focuses on the increased involvement […]