Drug & Alcohol Rehab For Delphi, Indiana

The city of Delphi is located in central Indiana along the Wabash River. Serving as the seat of Carroll County, Delphi is perhaps best known by locals as the home of the Wabash & Erie Canal Park. The local economy relies heavily on manufacturing, retail, and healthcare, but the small city has struggled to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn.

The median household income in Delphi is $43,548, which falls well below the state median. Moreover, the city has a higher poverty rate than average: 13.8% in Delphi and 12.3% in all of Indiana. [1] These economic struggles have only exacerbated the ongoing substance abuse crisis in Delphi and the rest of Carroll County.

Based on the most recent data, alcohol, marijuana, and meth are the most commonly abused substances in Delphi, Indiana. The city 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 Delphi, Indiana. And remember, if you or a loved one is fighting addiction in Delphi or the surrounding area, you can always reach out to Addiction Rehab Centers for help.

Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Delphi

The city of Delphi has a population of just 2,961 residents. Like most cities of this size, Delphi doesn’t have the resources or infrastructure to collect substance abuse data. Fortunately, Indiana puts the responsibility for substance abuse data collection and aggregation on county-level administrators. Consequently, all substance abuse cases (arrests, ED visits, and fatalities) in the city of Delphi are recorded and published by Carroll County.

However, counties in Indiana do not distinguish between cases that occur in different towns or cities. An overdose that occurs in Delphi, for example, would be combined with overdoses originating in nearby towns like Burlington or Camden. This makes it nearly impossible to track exactly how many substance abuse cases originate in Delphi alone.

Carroll County has a population of 20,747, which means that Delphi accounts for about 14.2% of the entire county population. Delphi is the only incorporated city in the county and has the largest population of any municipality within Carroll County by far. By some estimates, Delphi contributes more than 30% of all substance abuse cases recorded in the county. This means that evaluating county-level data still offers a clear picture of the substance abuse crisis in the city of Delphi, Indiana.

Compared to other counties with comparable populations, Carroll County has recorded fatal overdose data that falls within the average range for the region. 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 09/04/2024.

Due to the small dataset, it’s difficult to determine if a consistent trend has taken place in Delphi and the rest of Carroll County. Since 2016, however, fatal overdoses have risen. 2016 recorded the fewest fatalities of any year with just 2 (along with 2019), but by 2018, the figure had tripled to 6 — the highest of any year. Though fatalities dropped to 2 again in 2019, they rebounded and have remained at 4 to 5 per year since 2020.

This means that, based on the limited data available to us, the number of annual fatal overdoses rose by 100% between 2016 and 2022 (the most recent year with finalized data). It’s still not enough data to make any firm conclusions, especially considering that no data is available for 2024 yet.

Considering that fatal overdoses do not provide us with a great deal of information on their own, it’s vitally important to consider the number of non-fatal overdoses recorded in Carroll County. Non-fatal overdoses are far more common than fatal overdoses in general, and this is also true in Delphi and the rest of Carroll County. Non-fatal overdose data also tends to be more accurate (or at least reliable), as it is collected via hospital discharges and emergency department visits involving addictive substances. The table below shows the relevant overdose data in Carroll County between 2016 and 2024: [3]

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

Unlike many other figures, the data for non-fatal overdoses has been finalized through 2023, providing us with more recent information about overdoses in Caroll County. There was a clear downward trend between 2016 and 2021. In 2021, the county saw the fewest non-fatal overdoses of any year in the last decade at just 19. However, since 2021, non-fatal overdoses have been on the rise again. Even the provisional data for 2024 shows an increase in non-fatal overdoses from 2023, even though the data doesn’t account for the entire year.

Despite the recent trend upward, non-fatal overdoses declined by 27.7% between 2016 and 2023. However, we also need to consider how this data relates to fatal and total (fatal plus non-fatal) overdoses. In 2016, Carroll County recorded 38 total overdoses. 2 of these overdoses, or 5.2%, were fatal. In 2022 (the most recent year in which both data sets have finalized figures), Carroll County recorded 27 total overdoses. 4 of these overdoses, or 14.8%, were fatal. This shows that the fatality rate has nearly tripled since 2016, but given the small dataset for fatal overdoses, it may not be a firm indication that the fatality rate is increasing as rapidly as it seems on paper.

Types of Substance Abuse in Delphi

In 2023 and 2024, alcohol, marijuana, and meth were the most abused substances in Carroll County. Most counties in Indiana have struggled with alcohol abuse, and this isn’t a recent phenomenon. Alcohol has been the most abused substance throughout Indiana for decades. In more recent years, marijuana has become one of the most abused substances in many counties. And though meth abuse is more common in southern Indiana, Delphi has seen a rise in meth abuse cases in recent years. All of this data does not perfectly reflect all cases of substance abuse, as it is based on arrest and re-arrest data involving these substances. Still, it provides an overview of what types of substances are being abused in Delphi and the rest of the county.

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).

Total arrests have varied from year to year in Carroll County. They increased between 2016 and 2018, before declining to lower figures in 2019 and 2020. Total arrests reached their lowest in 2022 at 86. However, the provisional data for 2023 and 2024 shows an uptick in total arrests, bringing the numbers close to where they were in 2016.

More importantly, we can see how substance abuse trends have shifted over the years in Carroll County. Alcohol and drug paraphernalia arrests (the latter typically associated with meth or heroin abuse), have remained pretty consistently high, especially when compared to less commonly abused drugs like cocaine or prescription opioids. However, there’s no clear upward or downward trend for either substance.

Marijuana and meth arrests, on the other hand, have seen an upward trend since 2016, albeit an inconsistent one. Between 2016 and 2022, marijuana arrests in Carroll County increased by 38.4% and meth arrests increased by 18.1%. The provisional data for 2023 and 2024 shows even more marijuana and meth arrests, indicating that these two drugs might be overtaking alcohol as the most commonly abused substances in Carroll County.