For Tookes, 32, shepherding the proposal through the Florida Legislature has been a learning process.
“Seeing the bill fizzle out last year was frustrating,” he said.
But Tookes remains committed to seeing the bill become law. He has been attending the committee meetings and speaking in its support.
“We’re at a point where we need to either tackle this issue or suffer the consequences,” Tookes said. “We can save tons of lives with this. We have the opportunity to prevent a lot of complications from injection drug use and do a really good thing.”
Contact Kathleen McGrory at kmcgrory@MiamiHerald.com.