"We know we are not going to capture many heavy crack users in these surveys," he said.

The number of crack users began falling not long after surveys began counting them.

Some crack users refer to the high as all the pleasurable feelings they have ever had crammed into a few minutes.

Americans elsewhere wonder how a drug-infested city could elect a former crack user.

Longtime crack users agree with the police on at least that point: They did not fear the law.

It could be that crack users are not driving very much, he said.

The average age for crack users is going up, perhaps creating a less violent market for the drug.

You, the crack user, are responsible for all the cops coming in this area.

He and his friends, he added, fight with crack users.

I don't have to be a crack user to work with drug addicts, do I?