To combat the rise in teenage suicide rates, some states are trying to make it easier for students to get help when they need it.
According to The New York Post, lawmakers in states like South Carolina, Illinois, and Arizona are pushing to make the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number easily accessible by printing it on student ID cards.
South Carolina is the latest state to sign this new law which requires the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number to be put on student ID cards for students from seventh grade through to college.
Similar laws were also passed in Arizona and Illinois earlier this summer, while California has required the lifeline to be printed on student IDs since 2019.
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