A group of University of Miami medical students is behind an effort to get Florida to implement a syringe exchange program in the state. A bill under consideration in the Legislature would allow IV drug users to turn in dirty needles in exchange for clean ones.
WLRN's Marva Hinton spoke with Hansel Tookes, a third-year medical student at UM, and Marek Hirsch, a fourth-year medical student at UM.
