in a live interview on news 9 wednesday night, drug czar jack woznak hammered home that point. >> i think we need to do a better job at making sure that people understand we do have nh treatment.org, there are websites out there with where you can see a list, put in your zip code and find treatment. who have available beds. we have available treatment. reporter: but some in the treatment community feel a click of the mouse or a phone call is too passive an approach. >> it's nothing against the proifers that we have in our state, there just aren't enough. reporter: melissa cruz of hopeful new hampshire recovery says there's a big difference between availability of treatment and the ability to access it. >> we have a kid living in a doesn't qualify for any recovery treatment. reporter: for now, the new hampshire providers association says the most important thing someone struggling with addiction can do is get an assessment to determine the level of care they need. >> we do have quite a few folks that are capable of doing substance abuse evaluations, so it shun be too difficult to call and

josh: thanks. jack woznak, the state's drug czar. your job is to coordinate the state's response to this problem. >> that's right. josh: you were criticized over the summer. how are things going now? >> i think we're going pretty well. we've had some good luck rolling out doses of narcan, that begins to take some of the heat off while we improve access to treatment. we've worked with a lot of local officials, state officials, federal officials. we've broken down -- we've put a package together that will make this work. i met with treatment providers, it's really critical that one of the biggest stumbling blocks is they're not certain what's going to happen with medicaid reauthorized. i have facilities that are 100% medicaid, which will close if medicaid doesn't get reauthorized. i have private providers. but it's important that we have the opportunity for reimbursing through medicaid. josh: going back to that heat you were taking earlier, you have no question about it a very difficult job coordinating this response. are you confident