State of Addiction: Kentucky releasing license plates to spread awareness of fentanyl dangers
A mother's pain has turned into advocacy.
There are multiple billboards across the city and state with Nick Rucker and other people who have died ingesting fentanyl faces plastered on them. Now, the local nonprofit, 맥스카지노Never Alone Nick Rucker Foundation,맥스카지노 is spreading awareness about the dangers of fentanyl in a new way.
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Parkerson lost her 24-year-old son Nick Rucker in April 2021 when she said Rucker thought he was taking half of a prescription pain medicine, Percocet, but it was actually a fatal dose of fentanyl.
Now, through the nonprofit she and other parents are hoping to educate people about fentanyl.
맥스카지노Our main message is prevention and education, and we want people to know what they don맥스카지노t know can kill them,맥스카지노 Parkerson said.
Their latest call to action is a new specialty license plate that will be available for purchase in March.
맥스카지노It was really a group effort from all of the members of our nonprofit to come up with something that is visible that everybody can see that can support what we맥스카지노re really trying to do, which is awareness. We want people to know. In a way, we also want to honor those who have already been taken,맥스카지노 Parkerson said.
The new fentanyl awareness license plate has the organization's logo on it to bring more attention to the everyday heartbreak families endure.
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The cost of the tag is $44, $10 of which will go directly to the nonprofit.
맥스카지노What the license plates would mean is that all the money we would receive would go towards education through billboards or just educating the community,맥스카지노 Parkerson said.
On a mission to educate others about how deadly fentanyl can be, Parkerson said she now knows her advocacy is not going unnoticed.
맥스카지노I will tell you when Sen. Higdon made that press release about our license plate, it was the first time I ever really felt like they actually hear us,맥스카지노 Parkerson said.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet requires 500 yearly registrations to keep the plate in active production.