This Bud's for You: Legal Marijuana: Selecting, Growing

This Bud's for You presents Rosenthal's next view on the cutting edge of cannabis trends. It's for people who enjoy marijuana -- consuming and growing -- including information about the plant, its effects, new trends and products, and the emerging industry. It details new varieties commercially available with breeders giving their perspective on the hottest new strains and how classic varieties were crossed to create them. These are strains sold at local dispensaries in the form of bud, edibles, and concentrates. Some stores also sell seeds and clones. Seeds for these strains are available worldwide online. It's also filled with tips and ideas from expert insiders: technical advice from the breeders, ways to judge marijuana and compare strains, and insights on how dispensary buyers make their selections. This Bud's for You goes from micro to macro looks at the world's favorite flower, zooming from large-scale commercial cultivation to the vital essences of trichome resin glands. Along the way, it covers product trends and emerging science, from the role of terpenes in creating marijuana's high to the evolution of scientific extraction methods and the revival of artisanal hash-making techniques. Ed Rosenthal is the world's leading expert on marijuana. In his more than forty years as the "guru of ganja," he has written or edited more than a dozen books about marijuana cultivation and social policy that cumulatively have sold over two million copies. His "Ask Ed"(R) marijuana advice column ran in High Times for several decades and still appears internationally. One of his books on marijuana cultivation is the only book of its type to be reviewed by The New York Times. He is also on the faculty of Oaksterdam University, the leading trade school for the cannabis industry. His classes teach pupils how different techniques can be used to improve the yield and efficiency of their gardens. Beyond the garden, Rosenthal views marijuana law as a crucial social issue and has been active in promoting and developing policies of civil regulation. He lives in Oakland, CA.