How is Absinthe different than regular hard liquor?!
Answers: Does it really make you trip out if you drink it?
No it can't. In the old days when it was initially banned by France (with other countries following suit), Absinthe was frequently the drink of choice amongst artists and other people who were often not that mentally stable to begin with. Frequently they were abusing other drugs as well as absinthe. This gave absinthe an unjustified notoriety as a mind altering liquor.
The temperance movements in various countries singled out absinthe due to its reputation for psychotropic effects on its consumers. Hallucinations and crazy behavior being amongst them. Much of absinthe's reputation comes from this time and is the result of propaganda used by the crusaders against the drink's legallity.
Wormwood (which contains the known psychotropic drug call thujone) was cited as the cause of absinthe's unusual effect on the human brain but although wormword is indeed capable of this, even the absinthe products of the day had only very limited amounts of the drug.
The real cause of absinthe's effects were more likely the overall mental health of those who drank it, its very high alcoholic (+70% alc vol in many cases) content and the fact that much absinthe of this era had a host of poisons in it resulting from cheap manufacture and artificial colouring.
Modern day absinthe follows the tradition of containing only small amounts of thujone but is now made to superior and safer standards with regards to ingredients and quality control. This is why it has been legalized again in so many countries.
there is acid or lsd in it so it makes u trip
it makes you hallucinate...scary stuff
From what I've heard its around 70% liquor so that's probably twice as strong as any hard liquor you've drank before. Also some Absinthe has Thujone in it which is hallucinogenic but when I was in Costa Rica all of the Absinthe I saw was Thujone free so I'm not sure if it still makes people hallucinate.
Thujone, the supposed active chemical in absinthe, is a GABA antagonist and while it can produce muscle spasms in large doses, there is no evidence that it causes hallucinations. It has been speculated that reports of hallucinogenic effects of absinthe may have been due to poisonous chemicals being added to cheaper versions of the drink in the 19th century, to give it a more vivid color.