Absynth is it really what I've heard?!
Answers: Several people have told me it is an alcoholic hallucenigen made in switzerland and availible in some bars in canada. Is any of this true?
It's alcoholic and tastes like aniseed and it's stronger if you buy it in some European countries. But I work in a bar in Northern Ireland and we serve it. It's only hallucinogenic to the extent that you don't know what's happening when you're totally hammered I suppose.
Oh and it's green in colour and our shooter menu says that too many may lead to jade vision. Clever huh?
It doesn't make you hallucinate. Just make green dragon.
The kind that makes you hallucinate is not available in Canada. The Absinthe in Canada is just regular alcohol.
I don't know. If you drink enough of it, you might feel something. It's really expensive though. You won't hallucinate, but might enjoy it. I combined home-made absinthe, very crappy beer, and bong hits. It made me a little sick and very tired. I doubt that was the absinthes fault.
It is alcoholic, made throughout Europe, and probably available in Canada -- it's certainly available in the United States, at least. It is not a hallucinogen.
It's alcoholic, for sure, and it's a mild hallucinogen. I tried some in Europe a few years ago. It was certainly a different kind of buzz than any other drink I've tried. Closest thing I've ever tried to it is mescal. The taste is completely different, but the effects are somewhat similar. It's illegal in the US, where I live. Dunno about Canada.
absinthe has woodworm in it, and by all means you will not hallucinate off it unless you drink enough off it, anyone would probably be doing some crazy things. but the Canadian stuff is a lot less intense, but it still gets you insanely wasted!! i has bought a 2.6 of it and between 6 of us, it got us all wasted, and one of us drank so much of it, he was speaking in a different, non existent language, that's the worst I've seen it do. but it will not make you see things, it will just get you really drunk.
Yup
It's not necessarily made in switzerland though it did originate there.
It's 80 proof liquor. Studies have shown it has no more hallucinogenic properties than regular alcohol. It was banned for many years due to blame that it was responsible for people murdering others way back when.
Urban legend says that the thujone in the wormwood can cause hallucinations. Thujone is a hallucinogen, yes. In the concentrations found in modern Absinthe, no. In the really strong Absinthe from 100 years ago, no. In the European Absinthes, no.
If you want to find out what thujone does, I suggest you try to find a pretty good sized bottle of sage oil. Or, try to grow a few sage plants.
Sage has the highest concentrations of thujone commonly available, upwards of 50% for the sage oil. This blows absinthe away in terms of thujone content.
After you have enough sage, then try vodka. Maybe we've been missing the link between thujone and alcohol...