In all books about the first 4 decades of the Chicago mob only investigations for bootlegging, tax evasion, occasional extortion and (always unsuccessful) for murder are mentioned. But what about drugs? Did the Outfit sell them in the 20s-30s? After all, the penalties for drug trafficking were minimal at the time, it was convenient.
I bought the book "The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs" by Douglas Valentine which covers the 1930-1968 period og national war on drugs, and it's interesting and rather detailed for the most part, but the only specific mention of a Chicago drug trafficking case in the early decades is this quote
Chicago had earned its dubious reputation in 1925 when Elmer Irey arrested Narcotic Division Supervisor William Beech and three agents for selling seized drugs to gangsters.
Most of other references to early Chicago are vague.
