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About Bernie Ellis

• Biography
• Consulting Services Provided from 2002-2004
• Curriculum Vitae
• Cannabis Consumers Profile

Biography

Bernard H. Ellis, Jr., MA, MPH, is the principal researcher and founder of Bernard Ellis and Associates, Inc. Mr. Ellis is a consultant epidemiologist with over twenty years in substance abuse-related research, program development and administration. He specializes in epidemiological research strategies to assess public health program development, delivery and effectiveness. During his career, Mr. Ellis has held research and program management positions with two federal agencies (NIH and CDC) and with three state governments (Tennessee, New Mexico and Wyoming). His areas of research and programmatic involvement include substance abuse and HIV/AIDS-related epidemiological research at the tribal, state and federal level. [read more]

Consulting Services Provided from 2002-2004

Read brief descriptions of some of the consulting services Bernie supplied between 2002-2004 to:

• Fremont County Alcohol Crisis Center (Riverton, Wyoming)
• Abate Substance Abuse Project (Fremont County, Wyoming)
• Wind River Indian Reservation and Fremont County, WY Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts
• Northern Arapaho Diabetes Awareness Program, Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming
• Fighting Back, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey
• Demand Treatment, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey
• Gallatin Responsive Interventions Program (GRIP), Bozeman, Montana
• Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
• Gallup, NM and the Navajo Nation
• Medical Marijuana Legislation
• [read more]

Curriculum Vitae

All about Bernie's formal education, academic honors and fellowships, professional experience, selected publications, papers and presentations, and consultant activities. [read more]

Cannabis Consumers Profile

Until I was raided by the Tennessee Marijuana Eradication Task Force in August, 2002, I used cannabis daily for pain associated with degenerative joint disease in my hips and spine and for sleep disturbance and pain associated with fibromyalgia. I also used cannabis successfully to quit drinking alcohol (have been sober over eleven years), and I provided cannabis free of charge to people with cancer, HIV/AIDS and other serious medical conditions. If I were not being randomly tested regularly as part of my legal situation, I would have continued using cannabis daily. Since I have not been able to use it, my doctors have had me on several expensive medications (including injected steroids) and physical therapy. Now that I am without health insurance, I deal with the pain as best I can. [read more]