Camarel, Yes. Since the Outfit had a tighter control over what each of the made men did to earn, they absolutely forbid any direct 'hands on' dealing in Drugs.
Here's how some of the made guys got around it:

Guys that were running large Juice Franchises would 'loan' money out to some known drug dealers and then have their guys collect. This way, they could say they loaned the money out but really didn't know what the guy was going to do with it or they could say the guy told them he was using the money for something else.

None every family is into drug from shakedown to dealing.

Wilson, read this book and then get back to us-- Federal Bureau of Narcotics mob files--

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061363855

the answer, as others have said, is precisely NONE. Even talking about it as a "rule" is silly; it was a self-serving myth, that's all.

Also, while it's true the "War on Drugs" horseshit made things al around, there have been drug scares-- and lots of "good" white kids/women/professionals-- on dope ever since there was dope to be had: opium especially in later 19th c. and after cocaine and heroin were regulated, then made illegal in the 1910s, those drugs as well...

The REAL story that I've not seen explained well are the major U.S. dope players of the 1910s-1920s, when huge coke and heroin $$$ become available for the first time. Arnold Rothstein of course is credited as major heroin trafficker, or financier (who knows), with "Lepke" and Luciano getting in no later than 1930...

While the markets expanded with population etc (not to mention blatant CIA encouragement at various points) there's no question 'families' and their antecedents were there from the near start.

I don't think Wilson ever got banned here...

Then why all the guys being in trouble with captains or bosses for it? I think Bonanno Family did, others in New York and Jersey did not. From what Chicago posters on here are saying Chicago family did not either.

You can find examples in virtually every mob family of guys dealing. The rule seemed to be more "Don't deal without permission." A no-drug boss like Castellano didn't like when he found out the Gotti crew was dealing but took drug money off Patsy Conte and the Gambino brothers. Tony Ducks ranted about drugs but then agreed to let two well-known drug traffickers take over the family. Same with Chin, who let Bellomo become acting boss, despite being involved with drug trafficking in the past. Even in Chicago, guys like Fifi Buccieri, Turk Torello, and Rocco Infelise were involved in drug trafficking. Some years ago a raid was done on a bookmaking establishment run by Marco D'Amico and 10 kilos of cocaine was found there.

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.

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?

I have never seen any proof, or even strong indication, that Castellano took any money from drugs off Conte. Or off anyone else. I think that is said about him as way to make him not seem like glamorous, or noble Mafia boss. They even had his home bugged, yet nothing on him taking drug money off Conte. I looked though everything I could on matter there is no evidence of it at all. I think it is a myth that has grown, or that people who feel worried that Mob may get glamorized perpetuate.

Gravano testified to that very thing, i.e. how after the takeover Gotti had Gravano approach Conte and demand the "same arrangement" from Conte's drug operation that he had with Castellano. Now, if you want to believe Gravano was lying, go ahead, but I don't think so.

In another thread Chicago was talking about how willie massinos nephew ws killed after he gotta outa jail bc ge got caught dealing