Untill the moment when Chicago lost its seat on the commission table or untill the moment when US Cosa Nostra stopped operating as a strong national organized crime network, the Chi boys were almost on the same level with some of the NY fams in regarding the dope business, obviously because they played a big part in spreading the product around the Midwest. The only huge difference was that the Outfit had less members who were strictly, directly or constantly involved with junk, while compared to the east coast organizations