joining me now is missouri attorney general josh hawley. general hawley, thank you for being here. >> great to be with you, bret. >> bret: what brought the state to this action? what brought you to this point? >> bret, announced a suit against the major drug manufacturers today to hold them accountable for a campaign of fraud and deseat that has helped perpetrate -- deceit that helped perpetrate opioid epidemic in missouri. they engaged in a campaign over a series of years to convince doctors and convince consumers that opioids are not addictive. that opioids are perfectly fine to treat chronic pain and they have long-term benefits. all of those things are false and the drug companies knew they were false. >> bret: we have a chart that chose missouri versus the rest of the country in deaths. opioid deaths. 2015, 2014, 2013. still you are at 1,066 deaths in 2015. it seems like it's a problem not only in your state but around the country. >> around the country, missouri has 160% of the national average in opioid deaths so we are actually above

joining me now is missouri attorney general josh hawley. hawley, thank you for being here. >> great to be with you, bret. >> bret: what brought the state to this action? what brought you to this point? >> bret, announced a suit against the major drug manufacturers today to hold them accountable for a campaign of fraud and deseat that has helped perpetrate -- deceit that helped perpetrate opioid epidemic in missouri. they engaged in a campaign over a series of years to convince doctors and convince consumers that opioids are not addictive. that opioids are perfectly fine to treat chronic pain and they have long-term benefits. all of those things are false and the drug companies knew they were false. >> bret: we have a chart that chose missouri versus the rest of the country in deaths. opioid deaths. 2015, 2014, 2013. still you are at 1,066 deaths in 2015. it seems like it's a problem not only in your state but around the country. >> around the country, missouri has 160% of the national average in opioid deaths so we are actually above even wh

. >>> josh hawley, thank you very much and megan terrell, thank you very much. >> rereawe reached outateme statement. endo statement, we share the fda's role supporting the needs of patients and diversion of the products." we do not have a comment from johnson and johnson or jansen. >>> a record number of people is expected to travel more than 50 miles from home from the 4th of july some of the people behind the wheels maybe high. new study of legalized marijuana behind many crashes. phil lebeau. >> this is an interesting study. essentially they did a comparison before and after these laws were passed and compared it with other states and their collision rates. collision claims in colorado washington and oregon are a 14%, 6% and 4.5% respectively since those states passed law allowing the legalization of marijuana. keep in mind the data on pot use actually causing car crashes is still unclear. there is never been a definitive study that yes, it is causing these numbers of accidents and there is no field sobriety test to check drivers who are high on pot. if you talk with researches if