Mother reacts to DeSantis signing Fentanyl bills into law after losing daughter to drug exposure [Video]

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed two bills into law on Monday to help fight the opioid epidemic.

Debra Flanigan lost her daughter, Casey, a year ago to Fentanyl. Casey is just one of many who has lost their life to the drug.

Debra said her daughter will forever be 31.

“Being a whole year still didn’t seem real, but I guess when it kind of hit that one year, reality kind of set in,” she said.

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Debra is battling stage four cancer and said Casey was her main caretaker.

“She took me to all of my scans; she was just there no matter what,” Flanigan said.

She said after losing her first child, she did not want to continue to fight.

“I gave up, you know, my firstborn was gone. I needed to be with her. I thought, but then one day something just hit me, and I realized …