josh mcelveen joins us live now with more on the issue. josh: losing may be, but not giving up. this problem has the attention of lawmakers, law enforcement obviously and countless families in new hampshire who have been damaged or destroyed by heroin or similar drugs. what's also startling is just how fast this addiction crisis has grown. >> it has gone from nothing a year ago to 40% now. that's amazingly dramatic. josh: but behind the numbers there are people. >> it's a huge problem, it destroyed my life. it destroyed everything that i had worked for. josh: for zach it's a daily nightmare. >> we see it all the time, we find needles, it's horrible. in high school. reporter: while he may be a kid by definition, his class may believe that dealers get off easy. >> i they should be charged for murder because it's the same reporter: according to the numbers you probably know someone, or knew someone. >> two close friends i had overdosed and they're gone now, it's really sad. >> my generation, you know, is full of it. i can't even think of very many honest. >> i know people personall

i'm josh mcelveen. jean: i'm jean mackin. the first zika patient contracted the virus through josh: shelley walcott just finished talking to investigators about this and joins us now live from concord. reporter: health officials really want to warn that the zika virus cannot be spread through casual contact, and this woman is not considered a health threat. now, she contracted zika through sex with her male partner, who traveled to a country where with mosquitoes are spreading the the virus. affected areas include south america, central america and the caribbean. linked to micro sef ally -- cephaly, which causes birth defects. the woman in this case is not pregnant and has fully recovered. there are warnings for people traveling. >> anybody that travels should take strict precautions including using an e.p.a. registered repellent, wearing long sleeves and pants, staying indoors where there's screens and mosquito nets possibly. any woman that is pregnant should consider postponing travel to one of these areas because of the ris