Meet Ed Rosenthal, the “Guru of Ganja”
Ed Rosenthal, the “Guru of Ganja”, is recognized around the planet as an authority on all things marijuana. Ed has written about cannabis for more the past 40 years.
Ed Rosenthal holds the distinction of turning more people on to pot than Cheech and Chong. – Tommy Chong
Mr. Rosenthal is the pothead’s answer to Ann Landers – Judge Judy
Martha Stewart, and the Burpee Garden Wizard all in one. – The New York Times
Ed is the world’s leading expert on the cultivation of marijuana. In more than 40 years as the “Guru of Ganja,” he has written or edited more than a dozen books about marijuana cultivation and social policy that sold over two million copies.
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Ed Rosenthal’s “Ask Ed”® marijuana advice column ran in High Times for several decades and still appears internationally. His book The Marijuana Grower’s Handbook is the official student book at Cannabis Training University and is the only book of its type reviewed by the New York Times.
Currently, Rosenthal consults for commercial growers throughout the world, both independently and as a team member of Quantum 9, a cannabis consulting service. Beyond the garden, Rosenthal views marijuana law as a crucial social issue and has been active in promoting and developing policies of civil regulation. In 2003 he was tried in federal court for cultivation in a trial where the jury was not allowed to hear that he was deputized by the City of Oakland to provide marijuana for patients. His trial shifted public opinion in favor of state medical marijuana laws.
He currently serves as the Executive Director of Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Rosenthal has also served as an expert witness for federal, state, and civil marijuana cases for over thirty years.
Books by Ed Rosenthal include:
- Protect Your Garden
- Marijuana Grower’s Handbook (2010)
- Marijuana Pest & Disease Control
- Medical Marijuana 101
- The Big Book of Buds Series
- The Best of Ask Ed
- Marijuana Success Indoors
- Beyond Buds
- Closet Cultivator
