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4worldlovers: The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office would like to alert the public of recent overdose deaths involving the drug Carfentanil. This drug can be 1,000 times more potent than Morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl. It does not give second chances. First Responders and local hospitals have also reported recent increases in overdoses and are very likely related to Carfentanil arriving in the community. If friends or family know someone who is using drugs please encourage them and support their effort to seek treatment.

Employees, clients, and visitors cannot use tobacco products of any kind on VCHD owned or leased property such as the building, grounds, immediate adjacent city sidewalks surrounding the building, parking lots, and vehicles.

Tobacco Products: This category includes all forms of tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery systems including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff, chewing tobacco, strips, sticks, orbs (nicotine pellets), smokeless tobacco, electronic-cigarettes, vapes, heat-not-burn products, loose tobacco, and cigarette paper.

Employee: Any individual who is employed by the VCHD, IDOH, or is an intern.

Visitor: Any individual not classified as an employee or a client.

This policy has been adapted from the Olmstead County Public Health Department in Michigan as part of the Tobacco Free Grounds Policy Toolkit for Worksites.

The Vanderburgh County Health Department is the third health department in Indiana to receive accreditation.

Becoming an Accredited Health Department embodies a commitment to national standards set by the Public Health Accreditation Board. This certification ensures that the Vanderburgh County Health Department will strive for continuous improvement, increase our credibility within public health, and proves we are accountable to the community we serve.