Sherrie Pintaric, whose brother Richard Peat died of a drug overdose, is comforted at a public forum aimed at combating the local opioid problem, March 19, 2018. Darren Taylor/SooToday

There were many people reaching for tissues and wiping tears from their eyes as a Sault woman told a public gathering Monday of the heartbreaking loss of her brother to a drug overdose.

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