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Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S.
    #7708151 - 12/02/07 07:43 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

(SALEM, Ore.) - "Absinthe" is being consumed legally in the United States for the first time since 1915. The easing of restrictions have seen this unique and sought after green liquor making appearances on liquor store shelves throughout the country.


The consumption of absinthe has been known for providing narcotic like - even 'hallucinogenic' qualities, and the way people consume it, by pouring it over a sugar cube in a spoon and mixing it with equal parts of water, has always kept the fascination with this alcoholic beverage alive. It isn't known however, for its good taste.
Interestingly, although it is sometimes mistakenly called a 'liqueur', absinthe is bottled with no added sugar and that classifies it as a liquor or spirit.
Wormwood is the ingredient in absinthe that has caused most of the controversy, and it is the part of the drink that at times has caused it to be illegal.
This year alone, two brands of absinthe that are made according to traditional recipes have been legally imported to the U.S., WJXT Channel 4 in Florida reported. Some liquor stores in the U.S. have reportedly refused to carry it, but there is little doubt that it will find plenty of popularity here.
This elusive drink is remembered for its legendary use among writers and artists in Paris, France and beyond during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Names like Degas, Van Gogh and Hemingway are heard in the lingering romantic association with the effects of absinthe in popular culture.

Absinthe a distilled, highly alcoholic, usually 68 to 80 percent, anise-flavored spirit made from herbs that include the flowers and leaves of the medicinal plant Artemisia absinthium, also called Grand Wormwood or Absinth Wormwood.
Adding to the mystique, absinthe is often referred to as la Fée Verte 'The Green Fairy'. Absinthe originally hailed from Val-de-Travers, Switzerland, it was an elixir/tincture. But it was France where over 2 million liters of absinthe were consumed a year during its peak of popularity.
Absinthe was vilified in the press during the early years of the 20th Century, and portrayed as a dangerously addictive, psychoactive drug. The murder of a family in Switzerland in 1906 was blamed on absinthe. Specifically in that case, the chemical "thujone" was blamed for most of what were regarded as its deleterious effects.

Those murders in 1906 led to absinthe's prohibition in Switzerland. Other countries followed, and by 1915 it was banned in several European countries and the United States.
Scientists say no evidence shows absinthe to be any more dangerous or psychoactive than ordinary alcohol. A modern absinthe revival began in the 1990s, as countries in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale.
The LA Times reports that it took four years for a Swiss distiller, an importer and a Washington attorney to eventually jump through the hoops of the complex bureaucracy and land the drink on U.S. shores. As of August 2007, over 100 brands in a dozen countries are produced.

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november272007/absunthe_legal_112807.php


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Phish_Dude]
    #7708179 - 12/02/07 07:54 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Nice. Thanks Phish_Dude. If anyone knows a brand name PM me please.


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    #7709194 - 12/02/07 11:56 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: pB0t]
    #7709294 - 12/03/07 12:24 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

i havent found anyone that caries it yet, tried three different states.


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: highdroponics]
    #7709355 - 12/03/07 12:39 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Is it thujone free in the states? and does anyone from OZ know if the absinth here is thujone free? On another note for a drink with 60 - 80% alcohol the taste isn't all that bad


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: highdroponics]
    #7709356 - 12/03/07 12:39 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Sadly it is thujone free, laws have'nt really changed. They just removed the most important ingrediant in absinthe to legally sell it.


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Flugon_Nine]
    #7709378 - 12/03/07 12:45 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Just found this

" Since 1998 absinthe production is once again permitted in EU countries with a maximum quantity of 10 mg/kg thujone. The latest studies show that doses of thujone in absinthe do not cause any damage to the nervous system. "

http://www.absinth.com.au/html/absinth%20info.htm

What we need is a thujone extraction tek stat


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Flugon_Nine]
    #7709591 - 12/03/07 03:23 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Never mind the significant quantities of alcohol in it :P


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Visionary Tools]
    #7710020 - 12/03/07 09:27 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

What the hell are you all talking about? Sure, thujone was always a part of absinthe, but don't tell me anyone thinks they'll feel any effect in more than trace of trace amounts other than being drunk. Thujone quantities in any absinthe are so insufficient that in order to drink enough get high you'd have to die of alcohol poisoning. A few times.


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: ROX]
    #7710033 - 12/03/07 09:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Phish_Dude]
    #7710951 - 12/03/07 01:12 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Anyone tried this stuff? I'm not really a drinker. Anywho, I've heard the effects are not exactly comparable to your average alcohol intoxication. Someone once told me this stuff can cause mild hallucinations but it might have been BS, I dunno....


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Robo]
    #7711232 - 12/03/07 02:29 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Robo]
    #7711463 - 12/03/07 03:27 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Hey Adagio, err, Omni, I've tried this stuff called Zele before.

There were no hallucinations or even visuals of any sort for that matter.  But I'd swear that there was something present that goes beyond your typical alcohol buzz.  That's why absinthe puzzles me.  Like what dude from Croatia said, you would need to drink enough to die from alcohol poisoning to experience any effects from the thujone.  That sounds like a proven fact to me.  By the same token, I swear I felt something. :shrug:


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: truffleupagus]
    #7711539 - 12/03/07 03:50 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

placebo maybe?

a lot of ppl believe different types of alcohol produce different effects

I thought it was completely bogus until I drank some weird vodka which caused me on 2 occasions to have blackouts something I never once had before or since

then again something else could have been going on at the time within my body that I'm not aware of that caused the odd effects

I thought I read a thorough post on here once describing why absinthe is not hallucinogenic in anyway(I remember something about the thujone not being active mentally even when taken in larger pure doses)


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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: truffleupagus]
    #7711672 - 12/03/07 04:28 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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There were no hallucinations or even visuals of any sort for that matter.  But I'd swear that there was something present that goes beyond your typical alcohol buzz.  That's why absinthe puzzles me.  Like what dude from Croatia said, you would need to drink enough to die from alcohol poisoning to experience any effects from the thujone.  That sounds like a proven fact to me.  By the same token, I swear I felt something. :shrug:



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Re: Absinthe Makes Long Awaited Legal Comeback in the U.S. [Re: Robo]
    #7776763 - 12/19/07 08:43 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

i've had some absinthe imported from europe about a year ago. Although, I don't remember much from that night. I do remember that I got really fucked up. No, I did not see any green fairies. Yes, I was piss drunk.


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