Editing Ed Rosenthal (section)

{{short description|American horticulturist, author, publisher, and cannabis grower}}
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'''Edward "Ed" Rosenthal''' (born December 2, 1944) is an American [[horticulturist]], author, publisher, and ''[[Cannabis]]'' grower known for his advocacy for the legalization of [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] use.  He served as a columnist for ''[[High Times|High Times Magazine]]'' during the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="emeg">Zamora, Jim Herron. "[http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/25/MN208192.DTL Pot Growing Icon Takes Raid in Stride]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205204441/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2002%2F02%2F25%2FMN208192.DTL |date=February 5, 2007 }}". [[San Francisco Chronicle]]. 2002-02-25. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. ({{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2002%2F02%2F25%2FMN208192.DTL%2F |title=Article Not Found! |access-date=2017-09-17 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205204441/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2002%2F02%2F25%2FMN208192.DTL%2F |archive-date=February 5, 2007 }})</ref> He was arrested in 2002 for cultivation of cannabis by federal authorities, who do not recognize the authority of states to regulate the use of [[medical cannabis|medical]] marijuana.  He was convicted in federal court, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. Rosenthal was subsequently convicted again, but was not re-sentenced, since his original sentence had been completed.

Rosenthal has been active in promoting and developing policies of civil regulation for medicinal marijuana. With the passage of California's pioneering [[California Proposition 215 (1996)|Proposition 215]] in 1996, which authorizes medicinal use of marijuana, he worked with the state and local governments to implement the delivery of pharmaceutical-grade cannabis to patients with a doctor's recommendation to use marijuana.

Rosenthal is also the author of numerous books about the cultivation of marijuana.