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I'm old enough to remember when Italian Americans ran their own pizza shops and sold their own heroin.

[Source.](https://www.oann.com/newsroom/over-100-lbs-of-cocaine-heroin-fentanyl-worth-estimated-4m-discovered-in-nyc-pizzeria/) I'm old enough to remember when Italian Americans ran their own pizza shops and sold their own heroin.

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My 97 year old ex-neighbor told me the Italians were the ones selling weed back around 1940 when she was growing up near Scranton. I found that interesting. Apparently there was more than just weed.

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Apparently there was more than just weed.

Run a quick search for the "Pizza Connection Trial."

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1987ish, ~45 years later. Makes me wonder if the Italians were pushing the hard drugs in 1940. I remember movies where Italian Mob bosses refused to touch the hard stuff in the early days, not that a movie is a historical record.

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I grew up in NYC and can tell you that the prohibition on hard drugs (like heroin) was a front. The bosses didn't want the guys to sell it officially but loved the money it brought in. Sell it, just don't get caught.

Maybe the old school Dons didn't want it sold, but since the 70s it was an open secret.

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Clintons were involved I believe?

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Clintons were involved I believe?

Not in that one. They had their tentacles in plenty of crime, but this was outside their scope.

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Scranton and Wilkes Barre are super corrupt.

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I bet you there is some connection to here.

Are drugs the only thing they found?

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Are drugs the only thing they found?

That's all that is listed in the article, but would they report it if they found kiddie porn?

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but would they report it if they found kiddie porn?

Exactly what I'm wondering.