Drug & Alcohol Rehab For Williamsport, Indiana

Located in Washington Township, Williamsport is a small town in western Indiana. It serves as the seat of Warren County. Bordered to the southeast by the Wabash River, Williamsport is best known for Williamsport Falls, a waterfall that attracts hikers and nature enthusiasts every year. The town is also home to several structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Like many small towns in Indiana, Williamsport’s economy depends heavily on manufacturing. Health care also provides nearly 10% of the jobs in Williamsport. However, the economy has struggled to recover since the COVID-19 pandemic. The median household income in Williamsport is $56,875, well below the state median in Indiana. Moreover, the poverty rate is 15.3%, which is 3 percentage points higher than Indiana’s statewide poverty rate. [1]

Economic stagnation has only worsened the ongoing substance abuse crisis in Williamsport and the rest of Warren County. With very few local programs in place, Williamsport residents also face an uphill battle to escape the grip of addiction.

Based on the most recent data, marijuana is the most commonly abused substance in Williamsport, Indiana. The town also sees the abuse of other addictive substances, such as alcohol, prescription opioids, cocaine, meth, and heroin.

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

Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Williamsport

Since Williamsport is a small town with limited resources and infrastructure to collect substance abuse data, it doesn’t do it on its own. This is common practice in Indiana, as the state delegates most of the responsibility for collecting substance abuse data to county-level administrators. This means that Warren County collects and aggregates the arrests, overdoses, and fatalities recorded in Williamsport with other towns in the county, like West Lebanon (pop. 1,211), Pine Village (pop. 512), State Line City (pop. 428), and more than half a dozen unincorporated municipalities.

In essence, this means that it’s impossible to pinpoint exactly how many substance abuse cases originate in the town of Williamsport. However, since Williamsport is the county seat and has the largest population of any municipality in the county, it also accounts for a larger percentage of substance abuse cases. Based on population alone, Williamsport’s 1,950 residents account for 23% of Warren County’s population. By some estimates, Williamsport contributes more than 40% of the county’s substance abuse cases. Consequently, we can determine the severity of the substance abuse crisis in Williamsport by analyzing Warren County’s data.

Overdose fatalities are one of the most important factors to consider when evaluating substance abuse, but in smaller populations, they often don’t provide enough information on their own. This is also the case in Warren County. With a population of just 8,451, the county doesn’t see very many fatal overdoses each year.

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.

Between 2016 and 2022, Warren County recorded just 8 overdose fatalities, with an average of 1.14 fatalities per year over this period. 2023 saw a sudden increase to 4 fatalities, accounting for 50% of all fatalities recorded in the previous 7 years. The provisional data for 2024 indicates that there were no fatal overdoses recorded, making it 1 of just 2 years in the dataset without fatalities. However, until the data for 2024 is finalized, we can’t determine if fatalities will remain at 0 for the year.

Since fatal overdoses are so uncommon in small populations like Williamsport and Warren County, it’s vital to consider how many non-fatal overdoses occur each year. There are roughly 50 non-fatal overdoses for every 1 fatal overdose, according to national data from the CDC. [3] While Warren County did not record this disparity over the past decade, there were far more non-fatal overdoses on record.

Though not always the case, non-fatal overdose data tends to be more accurate. This is partly due to the fact that overdose fatalities are not always recorded in the year in which they occurred. Additionally, non-fatal overdose data is collected via hospital discharges and emergency department visits involving addictive substances. The table below shows the relevant overdose data in Warren County between 2016 and 2024: [4]

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

Unlike many counties in Indiana, Warren County has seen a general decline in non-fatal overdoses. Between 2016 and 2023 (the most recent year with finalized data), non-fatal overdoses decreased by 57.1%. However, the provisional data indicates that at least 7 non-fatal overdoses occurred in 2024, representing a 16.6% increase over the previous year.

Typically, a decline in non-fatal overdoses is a good sign, as it means fewer overdoses in general. However, it’s important to look at all overdoses together, specifically the correlation between fatal overdoses, non-fatal overdoses, and total overdoses (fatal + non-fatal).

In 2016, Warren County recorded 15 total overdoses, 1 of which was fatal (6.6%) and 14 of which were non-fatal (93.4%). In 2020, Warren County recorded 11 total overdoses, 2 of which were fatal (18.2%) and 9 of which were non-fatal (81.8%). By 2023, the most recent year with finalized data, Warren County recorded 10 total overdoses, 4 of which were fatal (40%) and 6 of which were fatal (60%).

While this does show a drastic increase in the fatality rate, it’s important to consider that 2023 was an anomaly, as it saw 4x as many overdoses as the previous year. Nonetheless, the fatality rate in Warren County is increasing, which often means that local emergency departments are struggling to prevent overdose deaths.

Types of Substance Abuse in Williamsport

In 2023 and 2024, marijuana was the most abused substance in Williamsport and the rest of Warren County. Marijuana, alcohol, and meth are the three most abused substances statewide, and we’ve seen similar trends in Williamsport and the rest of Warren County.

However, these trends are based solely on arrest and re-arrest records involving addictive substances. These do not account for all cases of addiction and substance abuse; only those in which an arrest occurred.

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 Warren County:

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

As you can see from the table above, total arrests have increased in Warren County since 2016, more than tripling between 2016 and 2023. Over that same period, alcohol arrests increased by 47.3%, meth arrests increased by 225%, and marijuana arrests increased by a staggering 942%. Cocaine and opioid arrests have remained uncommon in Warren County, while drug paraphernalia arrests have varied without a consistent pattern. Drug paraphernalia arrests are most often linked to meth or heroin abuse.

Marijuana arrests haven’t just increased the most; they also account for more than half of all arrests involving addictive substances, and have done so every year since 2020. It’s also important to consider that many arrests involving marijuana have also involved other addictive substances, though it’s unclear how many of these arrests involved marijuana alone or multiple substances.