Tess Nichol
Deputy editor, North & South magazine. Formerly of Metro, NZ Herald, NZ Drug.
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Preparing for another synthetic cannabinoids spike
17 Dec 2020
Spikes in synthetic cannabinoids harm can happen at any time, and we continue to see incidents that leave in their wake a trail of casualties. Tess Nichol reports
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The sky didn't fall
31 Aug 2020
Attitudes about cannabis use are changing as legalisation brings more education opportunities and fears about drug harm fade.
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What we've learned from a crisis
28 Aug 2020
Lockdown and the continued impacts of the coronavirus have already changed the way the addiction sector operates. What lessons has the sector learned from the crisis so far?
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Legalisation: the chance to right wrongs
1 Mar 2019
NZ has a golden opportunity to right many of the wrongs caused by cannabis prohibition, says Tess Nicol