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A New Industry cont’d.
Once this initial frenzy of activity subsides, state markets will eventually stabilize and standardize legislation, regulations and taxes. Given the pace of change, nationwide legalization (even on the Federal level) is all but inevitable.
When that happens it is also inevitable that multi-billion-dollar, international companies in the Beer, Wine and Spirits Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry and even the Tobacco Industry will move rapidly to take control of the Cannabis Industry. Only cannabis companies that are large
enough and strong enough to compete will survive. The vast majority of other companies will be either bought out or driven out of business.
Eventually, the Cannabis Industry will operate and be regulated much like the Beer, Wine and
Spirits Industry. However, for now, owning a cannabis company is like owning a saloon in a
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frontier town in the Wild West. You never know what to expect each time the doors open.
Shango, a subsidiary of Rexroad Marquis Corporation (RMC), is an integrated cultivator,
processor, distributor and retailer of premium cannabis products based in Portland, Oregon.
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It is also an emerging leader in the exploding American Cannabis Industry.
SCturaretnetgly,icShBaungsoinheasscualtnivdatBiornafnacdiliDtiesvienlOopremgoennatnd Washington, and ve retail stores in the greater Portland area. The company is poised to enter new markets for cannabis opening in
BRAND conducted its proprietary Strategic Discovery Session (SDS), the largest, longest and Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada. It is also planning to extend its presence across
most productive in our history. This comprehensive, ve-day event included the BRAND team, the country as other states legalize recreational and/or medicinal cannabis.
RMC’s owners and many guest advisors, representing expertise in venture capital, corporate Sfohramnagtoioins acondmmopiterdattio:ns, legal, commercial real estate and construction, food and beverage production, and cannabis cultivation. Its purpose was fourfold:
• Rede ning cannabis as a positive and respected addition to the nationwide marketplace.
1. Learn as much as possible about:
• Changing how millions of Americans responsibly purchase, use and enjoy cannabis.
• The history of cannabis from its ancient uses, its prohibition in America and the emergence
of the black market, to the recent revival of interest in cannabis’s signi cant therapeutic • Transforming the production and sale of cannabis products into a prosperous business, as
bene ts by mainstream medicine and the present drive for nationwide legalization. well as a pro table investment.
• The chemical components of cannabis, including psychoactive and non-psychoactive • CrecatningabAinmoeidrisc,aa’sn drstterapnedn ens.est national cannabis brand.
• Cannabis genetics, cultivation and processing.
• Combustible cannabis products, including ower and concentrates (shatter, wax, butter, crumble, oil, etc.).
• Edible cannabis products, including confections, baked goods, beverages, tinctures,
encapsulated cannabinoids, etc.
• Topical cannabis products, including lotions, creams, oils, transdermal patches, etc.
• Cannabis techniques and technology, including smoking, dabbing, vaping, pipes, vaporizers, disposable cartridges, etc.
• RMC’s principals.
• The state of the emerging commercial Cannabis Industry.
• RMC’s vision for becoming an industry leader.
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