British student invents pain-killing jam

That's an awesome idea! My husband could use that when he needs medications. I always have to stare at him in wonder whenever he's taking a tablet because it's quite an act. He puts the tablet in his mouth, takes a drink of water (holding it in his mouth), then proceeds to shake his head this way and that, up, down, side-side, and it goes on like this for at least a full minute, usually more like two. He's learned to take them wherever I'm NOT because my staring at him makes him laugh and he almost spits out the tablet with the water. He has a phobia about choking. I guess I could call it a phobia. He refuses to eat fish because of the tiny bones (unless it's McDonald's Fillet-o-Fish sandwich), he won't eat almond slivers, plus there's a lot of other things he won't touch because he's afraid of choking. That's why he takes so long to swallow a tablet. The darned things almost dissolve in his mouth before he finally swallows them! So, this jam would be a good idea for him. Oh, by the way, we have both jam AND jelly here in the US.

This is a neat and rather smart invention, but it can also be very dangerous as it has a lot of potential for people abusing it or overdosing on it as does any new medical discovery. One minor nitpicky (and random) thing is that he says Americans call Jam Jelly. This isn't really true. We have both Jam and Jelly. Jelly is made with just fruit juices while Jame has actually fruit pieces in it...something Jelly does not. Random, but it bugged me or some reason lol

This sounds really interesting, but I doubt it would be sold in shops, because it would be too easy to overdose on it. How would you stop a small child from taking it out of the fridge (which is presumably where it would have to be stored) and eating it? It is very good in theory, but I do think it would be just too dangerous in practice.