Thursday, March 19, 2009

Run The Numbers


Phish Tries to Compete with the Colombians

Number of years Phish has been a band: 20
Avg number of shows/year as a band: 15
Street value of illegal drugs confiscated at last Phish concert:  $1,200,000
Avg street value of illegal drugs confiscated from a Phish concert:  $700,000 (after adjusting for inflation)
Likely street value of drugs done at all Phish concerts ever:  $210,000,000
Colombian drug traficking money exchanged every year:  $100,000,000,000
Number of concerts Phish would have to do a year to equal the drug traffic of Colombia:  7143 (19 concerts/day)

That's a lot of weed.


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