Business View Magazine | March 2019

261 Pebble’s first formal step into the mainstream happened this President’s Day weekend, at Ascendigo Autism Service’s 8th Annual “Ascen- digo Blue Aspen” fundraising benefit. Pebble Global Holdings is the first (to-date only) cannabis-based company, among brands like Sentient Jet & Rolls Royce, to sponsor. But Moran’s thoughts remain on the current Texas legislative session, specifically two House Bills - HB1325 & HB1365, that he be- lieves will each help bring Texas in sync with the rest of the nation. “Texas’s archaic cannabis laws are immoral when you realize that the families of these autistic kids, who provide Hemp CBD to their 14 year old sons, some of which include THC in the regimen, with goals like “make it through puberty without a seizure,” would be prosecuted as felons and reported to Child Protective Services in Texas today.” In 2014, to support the movement for a state legal cannabis industry, Moran co-founded the Texas Cannabis Industry Association (TCIA), with help from Texas A&M School of Law. Since then, TCIA has grown into a five-mem- ber Board of Directors led organization that works in alliance with many state and national groups, including the National Cannabis Indus- try Association and the U.S. Hemp Roundtable. Moran emphasizes, “There is no legal industry in the State of Texas without ongoing aggres- sive, focused advocacy. We want all our cus- tomers to know that part of every dollar spent on Pebble products goes directly to help end Texas and federal cannabis prohibition. We believe ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness’ includes the right to seek better health and wellness, including alternatives to con- ventional medicine. It is blessed work we’re getting to do.” PREFERRED VENDOR n SYZYGY Botanicals - The SYZYGY promise is to provide our customers the best in clean, pure, natural products.With the expanding Cannabis market and nutraceutical market, we saw the need for consistent, high-quality, high-purity, natural botanicals and extracts, especially ter- penes.We use our 40 years of experience in contract manufacturing and laboratory analyses to deliver consistency and purity to our partners. The SYZYGY brand is free of pesticides, heavy metals, solvents and fungus/mold. sales@syzygybotanicals.com