Hidden Fentanyl Kills. Education Saves Lives.

Created in Honor and Memory of
Nicholas Andrew “Nick” Rucker

Never Alone Nick was created after the loss of Nick to hidden fentanyl poisoning.

What began with Nick has grown into a commitment to something larger: helping people and families receive the education, support, connection, and continuity they need before, during, and after life-changing events.

We educate about hidden fentanyl and today’s changing drug supply. We advocate for prevention, harm reduction, and better systems of response. We remember the people whose lives continue to matter. And we are building a trauma-informed continuity-of-care framework so people and families in crisis are not left to navigate disconnected systems alone.

Our purpose is simple: to honor every life, educate every community, and help ensure that what we learn from every loss can help save another life.

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Help Keep Kentucky’s Fentanyl Awareness Plate on the Road

Kentucky’s Never Alone Nick specialty plate carries a simple message:

FENTANYL CHANGES EVERYTHING.

Every plate helps keep hidden fentanyl awareness visible in communities across Kentucky while supporting the work of the Never Alone Nick Rucker Foundation.

We need 500 plates issued or renewed in 2026 to keep this specialty plate on the road.

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HIDDEN FENTANYL IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. EXPOSURE DOES NOT REQUIRE ADDICTION-INTENTION-REGULAR USE.

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN KILL YOU.

HIDDEN FENTANYL IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. EXPOSURE DOES NOT REQUIRE ADDICTION-INTENTION-REGULAR USE. WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN KILL YOU.

The Never Alone Nick Rucker Foundation exists to address the deadly public safety crisis of hidden fentanyl exposure and to ensure that no family is left without of recognition, prevention, or support.

We serve and advocate for those impacted by fentanyl poisoning across the full spectrum of harm — including children, people taking counterfeit or misrepresented pills, infrequent or first-time users, people using cocaine or methamphetamine, and people with substance use disorder who may not know fentanyl is present.

We support harm reduction — and we believe it must be complete. Education and prevention that only reach people who already identify as being at risk leave others behind.

Through remembrance, education, advocacy, and community-based support, our work exists to close that gap — so fewer lives are lost to hidden exposure and fewer families experience preventable loss.

We are committed to honoring the taken, supporting the fighters, and standing with survivors — while naming reality clearly, because truth saves lives.

Never Alone Nick was created in Love, Grief, and Determination after the loss of Nick.

We exist to ensure nobody walks this path alone-through remembrance, education, advocacy, and community-driven harm reduction.

OUR MISSION

Hidden fentanyl is a deadly public safety crisis.

Fentanyl is increasingly found in substances such as counterfeit pills, cocaine, and methamphetamine — placing people at risk who do not identify as opioid users and may not know they are exposed. Confusion and fear now extend across the drug supply, including substances long believed to be lower risk.

Harm reduction must reflect today’s reality and include everyone affected by hidden exposure — not only those who already know they are at risk.

WE ADVOCATE TOGETHER

“Having someone help you doesn’t mean you failed.

It just means you’re not alone.”

-Never Alone Nick Nick

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

 

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