Suicide Prevention & Public Health
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-07-16 — To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with youth-poisoning-protection-sodium-nitrite: Sodium nitrite ban targets a recognized youth suicide/poisoning vector, aligning with means-restriction approaches in suicide prevention policy. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-05-20 — Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025: Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025 (HR3505) introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure, addressing physical suicide-deterrent barriers on transportation infrastructure as a public-health prevention measure. (novelty: 2)