Sam Hurd, and a lot of dope

Recently, Sam Hurd, a former wide-receiver for the Chicago Bears (he was cut following the allegations) was alleged to have been trying to procure a large amount of illegal substances. Namely, several kilos of cocaine and 1000 pounds of marijuana, PER WEEK. By no means discounting the cocaine facet of this, if true, let's just consider the marijuana implications.

Yours truly doesn't even partake of marijuana, nor any other drugs, let alone profess to be any sort of expert on the subject, but a couple things would seem to be matters of common sense, while others make no sense at all.

First, marijuana, like alcohol, comes in a lot of different varieties. What kind of seed was planted in the first place, soil conditions, heat, moisture, and how it's harvested likely make a big difference in the potency of the final product. It might be likened to the "proof" on a bottle of gin or vodka. As a clear liquid, it all looks the same, but some have more "kick" than others. This is reflected in the price. If you want the "good stuff", it will cost you more. From this, one could infer that anybody interested in 1000 pounds of cannabis per week probably wouldn't want the "cheap stuff". In other words, again like alcohol, the commodity in question would likely be of the variety that produced the "desired result", with smaller consumption by the end-user, as in -- a couple shots of 150 proof liquor will get one to the same place as 4 or 5 shots of the cheap stuff will. Translation? 1000 pounds of high-quality marijuana equals untold legions of people getting high, even repeatedly.

Similarly, even assuming one had the connections and financial wherewithal to make such an initial purchase, both of which would be considerable, what does one do with 1000 lbs. of marijuana a week? Regardless of the size of the "joints" -- that's a whole lot of weed.

If Hurd did this, who did he plan on selling it to? His former NFL brethren? Highly unlikely. They get tested for such things. Needless to say, there's a guy named Roger Goodell that sits in a NY office who would frown on postive tests results coming back -- to say the least. Even if they didn't, they couldn't possibly smoke THAT much dope, so that can't be it.

1000 pounds a week? That's probably enough to keep the whole city of Chicago perpetually stoned, even assuming the entire population all smoked the stuff, which I highly doubt.

So how can this be? Hurd was a player for the Chicago Bears. Even if he aspired to be some sort of one man drug cartel, did he really think he could move that amount of drugs on a regular basis without the authorities picking up the scent, no pun intended?

This whole mess has a very bad odor to it. Worse than week-old fish, or even a den of skunks coming under attack.

I smell a fall guy.....

Either that, or the biggest dope of all is him.