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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

'No treatment for people like our son': Parents push for change as coroner challenges govt

Dean Brice, right, with his mother Caterina Brice. Picture: Supplied

A coroner has challenged the ACT government to consider legislative changes that would allow authorities to force mentally ill addicts into drug rehabilitation.

Peter Morrison called for ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury to act on Friday after conducting an inquest into the death of Dean Christopher Brice, whose grieving parents say there is "no treatment for people like our son" in Canberra.

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