Oxford, Mississippi—A researcher at the University of Mississippi have developed a marijuana-based rectal suppository.

The researcher says the suppository contains the active ingredient in marijuana, T-H-C. He says it could be useful for patients suffering from nausea and other problems. He says the patient gets T-H-C’s medicinal value without the psychological high associated with smoking marijuana.
(Marijuananews note: There is no reason why a person would not get high from this means of administration, and the problems of controlling effective dosage would be as great as with taking the THC capsule at the other end of the alimentary canal. Of course, it is also true that this does not deliver any of the other cannabinoids that are known to be beneficial. This does have the advantage of putting the single molecule paradigm in its proper place.)

He also says the drug is less likely to be abused this way. He figures most people don’t want any type of suppository.
(Marijuananews note: The perfect model for a medicine is one that no one wants to take, so that the sick and dying are not unnecessarily happy.)