Jorge Cervantes developed his life-long fascination with cannabis as a university student in Mexico. After graduation, he moved to California in the 1970s where he became a “guerilla grower” of “sinsemilla” (Spanish for without seeds) marijuana, the “new” high-quality cannabis that Mexicans reserved for domestic consumption. In the early 1980s Cervantes started growing indoors with high intensity discharge (HID) lights to escape detection and control the environment, harvesting four crops the first year. A lack of credence and information about indoor cultivation led him to author Indoor Marijuana Horticulture in 1983.

Here are just a few of the milestones that mark his public career in the cannabis world during the last 25 years.

	1983	Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is published. The 96-page book, an instant bestseller, was dubbed Indoor Grower’s Bible by growers.
	1984	Jorge starts writing for Sinsemilla Tips.
	1985	Second edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is published. Expanded to 224 pages.
	1985	Started writing for High Times magazine.
	1986	Jorge collaborates with Neville at the Cannabis Castle in Holland to launch the first color Seed Bank catalog published in 1987.
	1986	Jorge persuades Neville, founder of the Dutch company The Seed Bank, to meet Steve Hagar; the next year Hagar founded the Cannabis Cup celebrated in Amsterdam, Holland.
	1987	Jorge introduces horizontal reflective hoods in North America and cannabis growing gets 40% more light!
	1988	Marihuana Binnen, Dutch edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is published.
	1989	DEA “Operation Green Merchant” shuts down Jorge Cervantes’ grow store and more than 40 other hydroponic stores in the USA.
	1990–1992	Jorge goes underground to research cannabis. He travels extensively throughout Europe, Latin America, North America, and Australia.
	1993	Third edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is released. Jorge collaborates with Rob Clarke and Ed Rosenthal.
	1994	First edition of Marihuana Drinnen & Draußen, German edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is published.
	1996	Jorge returns to Australia and sets up an underground distribution network for Indoor Marijuana Horticulture.
	1997	Started the website www.marijuana growing.com.
	1998	Jorge moves to Canada to research and write. He starts writing for Cannabis Culture (formerly Cannabis Canada).
	1998	First edition of Marijuana Indoors: Five Easy Gardens is published.
	1998	First articles appear in Canamo, Spanish language marijuana magazine.
	1999	Jorge reports on huge indoor grow operations and acres of marijuana growing outdoors in Switzerland and dispels the myth that Swiss grow bad dope!
	1999	Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is the first cannabis grow book banned in Australia.
	2000	First "Jorge’s Rx" question and answer column published in High Times magazine. Jorge continues to write the column and feature articles for High Times.
	2000	First edition of Marijuana Outdoors: Guerrilla Growing is published.
	2001	First edition of Marihuana en Exterior Cultivo de Guerrilla Spanish edition of Marijuana Outdoors: Guerrilla Growing is published.
	2001	Jorge contributes a large cannabis cultivation chapter to the French language book Pourquoi & comment cultiver du chanvre.
	2002	First Marihuana Cultivo en interior Spanish edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is published.
	2002	Fourth edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is published. Expanded to 384 pages and 200 color photos.
	2003	Jorge starts European cannabis fair lecture circuit including: CannaTrade (Switzerland), Feria High Life Barcelona and Spannabis (Spain), Cannabis Cup and High Life (Holland), Interhanf (Germany), and Hemp Fair London (UK).
	2003	First edition of Marijuana Jorge’s Rx is published.
	2003	United Kingdom edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is published.
	2003	Marihuana drinnen: Alles über den Anbau im Haus (fourth edition of Indoor Marijuana Horticulture) is published in German.
	2004	Indoor Marijuana Horticulture is pirated by French Canadian company. Bogus bible distinguished by low quality photos and silver inside cover.
	2005	First Grow with Jorge Cervantes regular column published in five editions of Soft Secrets magazine published in Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
	2005	First articles published in many cannabis magazines worldwide: Burst High (Japan), Canamo and Yerba (Spain), Cânhamo (Portugal), Heads (Canada), CC Newz, Redeye Express, and Weed World (UK), Grass Times, Grow!, Hanf, and Hanf Journal (Germany), High Life, and International Cannagraphic (Holland).
	2005	Jorge reports on high quality marijuana growing in Colombian jungle.
	2005	Culture en intérieur by Jorge Cervantes is published in French.
	2006	Marijuana Horticulture: the Indoor/ Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible is published. Expanded to 512 pages and 1,120 color images.
	2006	Jorge Cervantes’ Ultimate Grow DVD released. The 100- minute DVD shot in British Columbia, Canada set a new standard for DVD production.
	2006	Jorge starts writing for Oaksterdam News.
	2006	Jorge starts writing for German language THCene magazine.
	2006	Jorge starts writing for Italian and English language Dolce Vita magazines.
	2007	First Marijuana: horticultura del cannabis La biblia del cultivador Médico de interior y exterior Spanish edition of the fifth edition of Marijuana Horticulture: the Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible is published.
	2007	Jorge Cervantes’ Ultimate Grow DVD II is released. The 100- minute DVD shot in Spain visits marijuana gardens only insiders can see.
	2007	Jorge Cervantes’ Ultimate Grow DVD is released in Russian.
	2007	Jorge reports on high quality greenhouse growing operations in Mexico.
	2007	Culture en intérieur Basic Edition by Jorge Cervantes is published in French.
	2007	Culture en intérieur Master Edition by Jorge Cervantes is published in French.
	2008	Best of High Times Jorge Cervantes Grow Guide is published.
	2008	First edition of Marijuana: Orticoltura Indoor/ Outdoor La Bibbia del coltivatore Medico, Italian edition of Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible is published.
	2008	Jorge celebrates 25 years (1983–2008) as a professional cannabis writer and photographer.
	2008	First Jorge Cervantes’ Cultivation Tips 2008 Ultimate Grow Calendar published.
	2008	Jorge Cervantes’ Ultimate Grow DVD III (3-box set) is released.
	2009	Dutch Marijuana Horticulture is published.
	2009	Russian Marijuana Horticulture is published.
	2009	First edition of Marijuana Grow Basics: The Easy Guide for Cannabis Aficionados is published in English.
	2009	First edition of Marijuana Grow Basics: The Easy Guide for Cannabis Aficionados is published in German.
	2010	Marihuana Drinnen (Marijuana Horticulture) available in German.