By 10:15, he had been offered his old job back, selling crack and marijuana.

What did go away were the huge profits for selling crack.

He was arrested three times in the spring and summer of 1994 on drug charges, including selling crack.

But the police said a majority of the incidents involved people who bought and sold crack.

Ms. Johnson moved in with her brother and started selling crack from his apartment.

Twice he's been arrested, and each time he has returned to selling crack.

Four months later, her 15-year-old son, David, was arrested for selling crack.

Do we go out on the street and sell crack?

"You could get more time for selling crack," one woman said.

Three weeks later, he said, the boy was arrested two blocks away for selling crack.