Kate calls for end to stigma around addiction to mark Addiction Awareness Week

Kate calls for end to stigma around addiction to mark Addiction Awareness Week

The Princess of Wales launched the first Addiction Awareness Week in 2021 on behalf of the Forward Trust, a charity supporting recovering addicts The Princess of Wales has called for the “stigma” faced by those with addictions to end and society to show “compassion and love” to those dependent on drugs, alcohol or gambling. Kate said society’s experience of addiction was “shaped by fear, shame and judgement” and urged people to have open convers…