SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- A Spokane Valley woman hopes sharing her family's tragic loss to fentanyl addiction will help other families recognize warning signs and break the silence surrounding substance abuse.

On Tuesday evening, Traci Richmond will participate in a community discussion at the Fox Theatre, nearly five years after her sister Kristin Couture died from fentanyl.

The event, hosted by the Spokane Alliance for Fentanyl Education and the , will feature a documentary screening of 'Fentanyl: Death Incorporated' and focus on breaking addiction stigma and educating families about early intervention.

"My mom used to call Kristen the sparkplug of our family," Richmond said. "She was the person that you could be mad at in one breath, and then she'd make you laugh in the next."

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