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.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
