sentences:  At the state level, Metabolife contributed $10,000 to then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who intervened to stop regulation which would have banned over-the-counter sales of ephedra.Bush subsequently returned the $10,000 after Ellis' and Blevins' methamphetamine convictions were publicized in the media.Other recipients of Metabolife contributions included then-Governor of California Joseph Graham 'Gray' Davis, Jr., who was given $175,000.