I can't believe this happened! On Monday a girl in Emily's class passed away. I didn't find out the circumstances of her death until today. A co-worker of mine, was grocery shopping with her son today. She mentioned that they had just came from a funeral, she told me that her son went to the same school as Emily. So I asked if this was the funeral for the girl. She told me it was. The girl had played this game, where she choked herself to feel the high and ended up killing herself! It's very upsetting and has affected the whole school. My co-worker said there were about 500 students at the funeral and that the priest had talked directly to them, it was an open casket. She said that a lot of the kids had a hard time with it. Emily has told me that there are extra counsellors on duty at the school to help the kids deal with this. It's so sad, she was so young!
I don't understand where these kids learn these things and why they think this is a fun game! I've talked to Emily and one of her friends is taking it really hard. I told her that she could come and talk to me or her dad anytime. It's just really sad that this has happened! 
how old was she?
She's doing okay, but one of her friends fathers passed away and another friends grandfather passed away. So she is having a hard time with all of that and being there for her friends.