Absithe Leagalized?!
Answers: I read in the paper today that Absinthe has been leaglized.. Any truth to this? When will it be avaliable? I've had it before and everyone had a great time.
It's not entirely banned in America but no laws have actually changed. It turns out that it's thujone that is banned (that's the component of grand wormwood that was said to cause hallucinations and such--in fact, if there were bad reactions to absinthe it was usually inferior absinthes colored with chemicals that caused these side effects.)
Luckily, recent tests on "pre-ban" absinthe that somehow hasn't been drunk before now has revealed that there wasn't much thujone in absinthe 100 years ago after all.
Ted Breaux, a man who did a lot of that research and has developed some lovely absinthes that are available in Europe, recently released an absinthe called Lucid in the U.S. It's based on absinthe recipes from the drink's heydey and is available in some stores listed here: http://www.drinklucid.com/get_lucid_absi...
If you don't live near one of those stores, you can buy Lucid or another legal absinthe, called Kubler (this one is white not green--but I like it better than Lucid and it's still authentic and made with grande wormwood) online here: http://www.drinkupny.com/category_s/86.h...
And finally, if you're really interested in the drink, I recommend checking out the wormwood society (www.wormwoodsociety.org) for more information about absinthe.
Not yet but maybe its not being enforced.
Is it Lucid?
"Although Lucid, (the first legal "Absinthe" in the US) does indeed contain thujone, it contains very, very little. As opposed to Absente (the other legal Absinthe) which contains NONE - thus, it's false advertisement. Real Absinthe contains grand wormwood, don't be fooled.
It seems Mr. Breaux & co. were able to convince the FDA on Lucid being sold legally in the US, because the thujone is barely even detectable. The lack of Grand Wormwood flavor is then compensated by alot of Petite Wormwood, it's thujone-free retarded cousin. Could you even call that Absinthe? I suppose, technically, in trace amounts, you could."