President Trump has signed a bill into law that aims to reduce the suicide lifeline from 10 digits to three.
The legislation, the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act, directs government agencies to look into changing the current National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number, 800-273-TALK, to three digits that people can easily remember. The idea is to come up with a number people can recall when they are in a crisis situation, as they do with 911.
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