Claim: "Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity."
Fact-check: Dick Durbin's numbers on heroin and opioid epidemic true
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Kevin Hoffman
Date published: 2016-08-04T00:00:00