The Attorney General for Colorado Phil Weiser stopped by the KKCO 11 News Studio Tuesday. We discussed several topics including the opioid epidemic, consumer protection and the Affordable Care Act.

Specifically when addressing the use of opioids in Western Colorado he said “people are dying every day from over dose deaths, people are ending up in jail and in prison if you go down to the San Luis Valley for example in that jail 90% of the people who are there are opioid users and the sheriff says I can’t help them,” said Weiser.

He stressed the need for more treatment and rehabilitation options across Western Colorado saying “we only have about 30% of the drug treatment in this state that we need now we have a drug treatment center in Grand Junction but there’s not one in Montrose, there’s not one in Craig, there’s not one in Montezuma county so you go to the Western Slope. This is hurting our communities, I am suing the pharmaceutical companies and the Sackler family to get money to then support more drug treatment,” said Weiser.

You can watch our full interview from our Noon show above.