I was perplexed by the numbers in the article about Sam Hurd in the
Chicago Tribune. According to the Trib, Sam Hurd wanted to move 1000
pounds of pot in Chicago per week. Using my degenerate pothead friend
as a baseline who seems to be stoned a lot, she goes through 1/4 ounce
per month. If she's a typical degenerate pothead and represents an
average user, then Hurd's distribution network would need:
4000 lbs/month * ~50 users/ounce * 16 ounces/lb = 320,000 average users.
Assuming 10% of the population are average users then 320,000 represents
just about the entire Chicago population for pot. How did Sam Hurd
think he was going to do this? It doesn't make sense. According to my
degenerate pothead friend, she said that at $450/pound it's probably
pretty shitty pot that no one in their right mind would waste a lung to
smoke or cook with anyway. I wouldn't know however, I stick to legal
booze.
From:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-report-
bears-receiver-hurd-arrested-on-drug-charges-20111215,0,461077.story
At the Wednesday night meeting, Hurd negotiated to buy five to 10
kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana a week for
distribution in the Chicago area, authorities alleged. He agreed to pay
$25,000 for each kilogram of cocaine and $450 a pound for the marijuana,
according to the charges.