Drug & Alcohol Rehab For Rockville, Indiana

Known as the “Covered Bridge Capital of the World,” Rockville serves as the county seat of Parke County, located near the state border with Illinois in western Indiana. The town of roughly 2,592 inhabitants is a common stopping point at the crossroads of US-41 and US-36. The small-town charm of Rockville, along with the nearby Billie Creek Village Museum, makes it a popular tourist destination.

The local economy is primarily based in manufacturing and healthcare, though tourism does bolster the town on a seasonal basis. Sadly, Rockville and the rest of Parke County have struggled to overcome the economic downturn following the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the town and county have a median household income that’s lower than most other counties in Indiana. Additionally, the poverty rate in Parke County is 15.2%, compared to 12.3% statewide. [1] These economic difficulties have only worsened the ongoing substance abuse crisis in the area.

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

Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Rockville

Even though Rockville is a small town, it accounts for 15.7% of Parke County’s population. The next largest town is Montezuma, with a population of roughly 1,022. This matters because Parke County aggregates all of the substance abuse data from every town, city, and census-designated area within its borders. As a result, collecting the precise numbers from the town of Rockville alone is not possible.

Fortunately, Rockville is the largest municipality in the county, and by some estimates, the town contributes more than 25% of all substance abuse cases collected in Parke County. For this reason, we feel confident evaluating the county-level data to get a better idea of the current situation in Rockville.

Fatal overdoses are typically where we start our examination of substance abuse in a given town, city, or county. Parke County doesn’t record very many fatal overdoses on an annual basis. However, seeing how the data shifts from year to year can be helpful, especially when it correlates with larger shifts we’ve seen in substance abuse across all of Indiana.

The table below shows how deaths involving all drugs (including alcohol) have changed in the county over the past few years. [2]

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

As you can see, all of Parke County recorded only 16 fatal overdoses between 2016 and 2023. That’s an average of 2 deaths caused by alcohol and drugs each year. However, there’s a clear uptick in fatal overdoses that began with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve seen this trend in dozens of counties throughout the state. Parke County saw its worst year in 2021, when fatal overdoses peaked at 5, before declining to 3 in 2022 and just 1 in 2023.

The data for 2024 is still provisional, but we know that there has been at least 1 fatality on record thus far. We’ll have to wait for the finalized data to come in to see if the fatalities remain consistent with 2023 or if they will begin to rise again in 2024 and 2025.

Since there’s not much data related to fatalities, it’s even more important to study the number of non-fatal overdoses recorded in Rockville and the rest of Parke County. Non-fatal overdoses are far more common than fatal overdoses, and the increased numbers often provide a more accurate overview of the substance abuse crisis.

Additionally, the data is often more reliable, as it’s collected via hospital discharges and emergency department visits involving addictive substances. The table below shows the relevant overdose data in Parke 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.

Non-fatal overdoses don’t follow the same trajectory as fatal overdoses in Parke County. In fact, there’s no clear pattern, as fatal overdoses seemed to increase between 2018 and 2020, before declining and remaining relatively consistent from 2021 onwards. If we were to cherry-pick the first and last years of the data set with finalized data (2016 and 2023), it would only show an increase in fatal overdoses of 4.1%.

However, it’s still important to examine the correlation between fatal overdoses, non-fatal overdoses, and total overdoses. This may shed light on distinct issues faced by citizens of the town of Rockville and Parke County. For example, in 2016, Park County recorded 25 total overdoses, only 1 of which was fatal (4%). In 2021, the worst year for fatal overdoses, Park County recorded 30 total overdoses, 5 of which were fatal (20%). By 2023, Park County recorded 24 fatal overdoses, 1 of which was fatal (4.1%). This doesn’t show a clear upward or downward trajectory, but it does show that fatalities and the fatality rate spiked during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Types of Substance Abuse in Rockville

In 2023 and 2024, alcohol, marijuana, and meth were the most abused substances in Parke County. Alcohol and marijuana are pretty widely abused in most counties throughout Indiana. Meth abuse is more common in central and southern Indiana, and Rockville falls within this region of the state.

However, like many counties in Indiana, cases involving alcohol have declined slightly, while cases involving illicit substances like meth are becoming more commonplace. It’s important to note that these trends are based on arrest and re-arrest records in Parke County. The data we’ve collected does not account for instances of substance abuse that don’t involve arrests, which may exclude a relatively high number of cases. Still, it offers an overview of what types of substances are being abused in Rockville and the rest of Parke County. Just as importantly, it shows how trends in substance abuse have changed over the last decade.

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 Parke County:

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

The total number of arrests involving addictive substances in Parke County declined by 55.1% between 2016 and 2023. Over that same period, alcohol arrests declined by 46.1%, while marijuana and meth arrests declined by 74% and 61%, respectively. However, this data doesn’t take into account that 2023 had the lowest arrests of any year in the dataset, with particularly low figures for meth and marijuana. 2021, for example, saw the highest number of arrests for marijuana (90) and meth (79). That being said, the preliminary data for 2024 seems to indicate that arrests are on the rise again, with marijuana and meth seeing the greatest increases in arrests year-over-year.

Unlike some other counties in the area, Parke County sees a very small number of arrests involving cocaine and prescription opioids. It does see higher figures for arrests involving drug paraphernalia. While these arrests can be linked to virtually any illicit drug, they are most often associated with meth and heroin abuse.