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Understanding Texas State Regulations for the Alcohol Industry and Beyond

Robert Eckels Joins TABC as Chairman

Big news for Texas and its alcohol industry: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Robert Eckels to serve as Chairman of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Industry. I grew up in the Harris County that Eckels led from 1995 to 2007 as County Judge. Under his leadership, the modern Houston landscape developed into the powerhouse it is…

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Senate Bill 3 is Personal, pt. 2.

Let me tell you about how all CBD helps manage MTLE. In my first Distilled post about SB3, I shared my story of living with medial lobe temporal epilepsy (MTLE). I lived without a diagnosis for years despite frequent MTLE seizures. Years later, after a particularly hellish seizure, I was diagnosed and had access to…

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Senate Bill 3 is Personal

Let me tell you about Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. The Texas Legislature’s attempted ban on hemp products – SB3 – would have negatively affected tens of thousands of Texans who, like me, live with a form of epilepsy called Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE). In this post, I describe what the condition is and my…

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