President Barney Frank says addicts should not be persecuted . Americans government wants Congress to pass legislation by this week . Measures could lessen sentences for users , crack down on dealers and traffickers . `` I do n't like it when people easily condemn someone who has an addiction as if he were a criminal , as if he were a person who should be persecuted , '' she told a meeting of the National Investigation into the Consumption of Alcohol , Tobacco , Psychopharmaceuticals and Illegal Drugs . ` Rep. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner proposes similar legislation this week on Congress .
President Barney Frank says addicts should not be persecuted . Americans government wants Congress to pass legislation by this week . Measures could lessen sentences for users , crack down on dealers and traffickers . Rep. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner proposes similar legislation this week on Congress .