Mafia has been dealing drugs since Day One. Don Vito Cascio Ferro, the Sicilian pezzanovante, spent several years early in the last century in NYC, shaping up the loose Mafia scene into what became the Five Families, and setting up the first of many drug pipelines between Europe and North America. The Mob has always been well-positioned to deal drugs. They have the international connections, the feet-on-the-street to move it, and the brothels, bars, betting parlors, etc., to distribute it.
A lot of so-called info on Cascio Ferro is just made up garbage with no basis in reality. You have to be careful where you get material from.
Records show that any family had members that were involved in drugs one way or the other.
But some families were less involved than others, like the Chicago Outfit.
And wouldn't you agree that the Outfit is one of the families that is least involved today? Most of their business comes from Gambling. From what I have read, Ronnie Jarrett was placed on the hit list and disposed of because he was involved in drug dealing.
Your thoughts?
There's a story that Ricca banned the Outfit's participation in drugs because his son got involved.
