I didn't expect heroin. I do know many vory v zakone are users a habit they picked up in prison. In Italy/Europe it's coke. They forgot about the rule "Don't Get High On Your Own Supply".
I think that to fight the stress many mobsters become alcoholics or compulsive gamblers maybe help to smoke weed because both heroin or cocaine are dangerous and made unrealible a man; like Bommarito son Carlo that was killed with an overdose because was a junkie.
Al d'Arco son Joseph had a heroin addiction, but stopped using when he went on methadon. When he was made in '89 he already stopped using H a couple of years before. When he and his dad went in to the WPP the feds had to go fetch some methadon for Joey because he became sick after a couple of days because he couldn't get to his local clinic anymore where he had a prescription.
There are also 2 guys in the Genovese Springfield crew who were on H/methadon: Santaniello and Calvanese.
Anthony TG Graziano and Frank Coppa of the Bonannos were known for snorting cocaine from time to time..
Do athletes use drugs? Do accountants use drugs? Do lawyers use drugs? Ect
I'm a successful cpa and I was a dope head for years and NO ONE knew... that's working at a Fortune 500 company I would imagine a soldiers daily life style is a little less stressful and it would be easier...
And I'm not the AA/NA type I just stay away from opiates so i still drink and do blow occasionally...
So I would imagine whatever the normal % is of population that uses drugs ... they would fall right in if not higher in my opinion with easier access and less real responsibility....
I'm working on getting the SEC 10-K out and I'm hurting I'm screwed I need to finish it .....
Mob soldier or associate making collections starts hurting break time to go meet dealer!
Its funny but from the italians i been around in the city a lot of them look down their nose at weed but most are alchoholics and pill poppers and a lot do blow too. Now thats not to say some of the younger guys dont smoke and a few move tons of pot, but for whatever reason thier id a stigma with pot. I can tell you for certain just about all the merlino guys are stone cold drunks
Im half a drunk myself so no judgement here haha. The way some of the 50+ guys judge pot is absurd though but that probably goes back for years and is kinda like a carryover from past times
I also have a hunch that the Merlino guys snort coke- they're pretty big partiers from what I've seen and heard. It's just a hunch.....nothing concrete
I also have a hunch that the Merlino guys snort coke- they're pretty big partiers from what I've seen and heard. It's just a hunch.....nothing concrete
Me and my guys went pretty hard until our mid-late 20s but now in my mid 30s and want no fucking part of a blow and booze hangover. None. I can't imagine doing blow and drinking all night in my 50s....
I also have a hunch that the Merlino guys snort coke- they're pretty big partiers from what I've seen and heard. It's just a hunch.....nothing concrete
Me and my guys went pretty hard until our mid-late 20s but now in my mid 30s and want no fucking part of a blow and booze hangover. None. I can't imagine doing blow and drinking all night in my 50s....
No doubt " It gets old real quick in mid thirties!!!!
I also have a hunch that the Merlino guys snort coke- they're pretty big partiers from what I've seen and heard. It's just a hunch.....nothing concrete
Me and my guys went pretty hard until our mid-late 20s but now in my mid 30s and want no fucking part of a blow and booze hangover. None. I can't imagine doing blow and drinking all night in my 50s....
No doubt " It gets old real quick in mid thirties!!!!
A lot of people smoked weed before the 1960's, they just didn't talk about it. There's rumors JFK and Reagan smoked. I'll bet a lot of wiseguys did, especially those close to the music biz, show biz, etc.