Drug & Alcohol Rehab For Vevay, Indiana

Vevay is a small town within the Jefferson Township of Switzerland County, Indiana. It serves as the county seat and is situated along the state border with Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from the city of Ghent, Kentucky. With a population of just 1,777, Vevay is one of the smallest municipalities in Indiana to also serve as a county seat. However, Switzerland County boasts a population of just 9,988, which means that 17.7% of all citizens in the county reside in the town of Vevay.

Vevay and the rest of Switzerland County fall below the state average when it comes to several economic factors and measurements. The median household income in Switzerland County is $65,148, which is roughly $5,000 lower than the median across all of Indiana. Moreover, the county has a poverty rate of 12.8%, compared to 12.3% in all of Indiana. [1]

While the economy is still in recovery since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the struggles for the average citizen remain. Instability has only given rise to more instances of substance abuse and long-term addiction. Based on the most recent data, alcohol, marijuana, and meth are the most commonly abused substances in Vevay, Indiana. The town also sees the abuse of other addictive substances, such as prescription opioids, cocaine, and heroin.

Continue reading to learn about substance abuse and addiction in Vevay, Indiana. And remember, if you or a loved one is fighting addiction in Vevay or the surrounding area, you can always reach out to Addiction Rehab Centers for help.

Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Vevay

Vevay is far too small to manage its own substance abuse data. Even if Vevay were much larger, though, the responsibility would still fall on Switzerland County to collect and aggregate data. This data includes arrests involving addictive substances, visits to emergency departments related to substance abuse, and fatal overdoses.

Like all counties in Indiana, Switzerland County combines the data collected for all towns in cities before publishing the information. As a result, we don’t have access to the specific number of cases originating in the town of Vevay. However, since Vevay accounts for nearly 1 in every 5 county residents, and is one of just two incorporated towns. This means that a larger percentage of cases originate in Vevay, providing us with an accurate picture of the ongoing substance abuse crisis among Vevay residents.

Due to its small size, Switzerland County has not recorded as many fatal overdoses as nearby counties like Jefferson County or Dearborn County. However, many years within the past decade have seen fatalities that are still relatively high in comparison to the total population. The table below shows how deaths involving all drugs (including alcohol) have changed in the county over the past few years. [2]

*Data for 2023 and 2024 is provisional and may be subject to change. The last date that data was collected was 05/21/2025.

As you can see, fatal overdoses declined from 5 in 2016 to just 1 in 2018. However, like many counties in Indiana (and throughout the country), Switzerland County saw a rise in fatal overdoses in 2019 and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. However, no year in the dataset has seen more than 5 deaths.

Currently, data for 2023 is unavailable, implying that no fatal overdoses were recorded for that year. Additionally, the data for 2024 is still provisional, though there has been at least 1 fatality (but no more than 5) thus far. It remains to be seen if fatal overdoses will decline or remain consistent with the figures recorded in 2021 and 2022.

Non-fatal overdoses are far more common than fatal overdoses. This makes them a more useful figure when evaluating the severity of a substance abuse crisis in a small population like the town of Vevay and Switzerland County. The data is also easier to collect, as it’s typically well documented via hospital discharges and emergency department visits involving addictive substances. The table below shows the relevant overdose data in Switzerland County between 2016 and 2024: [3]

*Data for 2023 and 2024 is provisional and may be subject to change. The last date that data was collected was 05/21/2025.

The data for non-fatal overdoses in Switzerland County is somewhat surprising. It doesn’t show a clear pattern from year to year, though there do appear to be fewer overdoses in more recent years than there were nearly a decade ago. 2016, 2017, and 2018, for example, saw a total of 56 non-fatal overdoses. By comparison, the last three years with finalized data (2020, 2021, and 2022) saw just 38 non-fatal overdoses.

It’s also strange to see that Switzerland County recorded 16 non-fatal overdoses in 2023 (based on the provisional data), when it recorded no fatal overdoses that year. This is another important factor to consider: How do fatal, non-fatal, and total overdoses (fatal plus non-fatal) compare to each other in Switzerland County?

In 2016, Switzerland County recorded 25 total overdoses. 5 of those overdoses, or 20%, were fatal. In 2022, the county recorded 14 total overdoses. Once again, 5 of those overdoses were fatal, but those fatalities accounted for 35.7% of all overdoses. While the dataset is small enough to write this off as an anomaly, it could indicate that the rate of fatalities linked to substance abuse is increasing drastically in Vevay and the rest of Switzerland County. That said, we will need to wait for the finalized data from 2023 and 2024 to learn more.

Types of Substance Abuse in Vevay

In 2023 and 2024, alcohol, marijuana, and meth were the most abused substances in Switzerland County. This lines up with most other counties in southern Indiana, where meth is more commonly abused. Alcohol and marijuana are abused throughout most of the state, though alcohol is not as commonly abused as it used to be. This information is based on arrest and re-arrest data, so it doesn’t account for all instances of substance abuse in the county.

In any case, here is the latest data from Indiana’s Next Level Recovery program showing the arrests involving different kinds of addictive substances between 2016 and 2024 in Switzerland County:

*Statistics for 2023 and 2024 are still preliminary and do not account for the entire calendar year(s).

The total number of arrests involving addictive substances rose dramatically in 2018 and 2019 before declining to the lowest number of arrests in 2022 at 50. Though arrests appear to be on the rise again (based on provisional data for 2023 and 2024), it’s more important to look at shifts in substance use. Alcohol and marijuana arrests have both declined, but they still remain two of the most commonly abused substances in Switzerland County. Comparatively, cocaine and prescription opioid abuse are uncommon.

Meth has seen a significant increase in abuse since 2016. Even though the data for 2024 is not finalized, it already shows 29 arrests involving meth. This represents an increase of 141.6% compared to 2016, or roughly 17.7% more meth arrests each year since 2016. Drug paraphernalia arrests have remained consistently high throughout most of the dataset, though slightly lower in recent years. These arrests are mot commonly associated with meth or heroin abuse.