Absinthe - Mystery of the Green Faerie Solved!Source: msnbc.com
This assessment sounds about right, to me. I'm over halfway through one of my two bottles of absinthe (no, not in one sitting) and so far I can report no effects beyond a slightly more lucid buzz than I get from drinking bourbon.
Absinthe's Brain Bending Revealed - It's Not ThujoneSource: Scientific Blogging
Degas, van Gogh and Picasso swore it enhanced their creativity but thujone, the compound widely believed responsible for absinthe's mind-altering effects, is not really a factor, according to a new study.

All this fuss just because Absinthe has made a small comeback in the United States, where it's been illegal since 1904.
Absinthe, for those of my readers who don't know, is an alcoholic drink containing aniseed, and wormwood.
Extravagant gifts for your favorite foodieSource: NY Daily News
With wine-washed goat cheeses and single-origin chocolates sold at the corner Key Food, holiday shopping for the blog-trawling, Michelin guide-reading, "Top-Chef"-watching food fanatic is more challenging than ever.
A Liquor of Legend Makes a Comeback Source: The New York Times
EARLIER this year, when Lance Winters heard that absinthe was being sold in the United States again for the first time since 1912, he shrugged it off. Then he reconsidered. He'd spent 11 years perfecting an absinthe at St.
Cannabis Drinks Taken Off ShelvesSource: Sky.com
Bottles of drink that contain cannabis flavour are being pulled from sale because of the association between illegal drugs and alcohol.
Absinthe Making Comeback After BanSource: local6.com
....Absinthe, a high-proof liquor that has been illegal in the United States since the early 1900s, has begun creeping its way back onto store shelves.
The green liquor that is sometime called the queen of poisons has been banned since 1915.
Absinthe Returns in a Glass Half Full of Mystique and MiserySource: The New York Times
Dear reader! Should this column impress you as being more than usually lyrical, recalling perhaps the imagery and elegance of poetry by Baudelaire or Verlaine; should it seem a bit decadent, redolent of Oscar Wilde's withering hauteur; should it have a touch of madness or perve …
Absinthe's ReturnSource: Serious Eats
Few things in the world of drink inspire as much curiosity—and as much breathless hysteria—as absinthe. Banished from the U.S. in 1912 as a warm-up exercise by Prohibitionists, absinthe was absent from the U.S. market (legally, at least) until just this past spring.
Does absinthe really cause hallucinations?Source: HowStuffWorks
We now know that properly manufactured absinthe, an anise-flavored, alcoholic drink, is no more dangerous than any other properly prepared liquor. But does it cause you to bug out?
First Sip: Lucid AbsintheSource: Food & Wine
The first wormwood-derived absinthe imported (legally, that is) into the U.S. in 95 years was unveiled last night at the Manhattan bar Employees Only.
Absinthe: The American RemixSource: The New York Times
Americans seeking out the opaque green liqueur beloved by Oscar Wilde and his creative contemporaries now have a less dodgy option.
Absinthe: The American RemixSource: The New York Times
In praise of the opaque green liqueur beloved by his creative contemporaries, Oscar Wilde once posed the rhetorical question, "What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?" The prosaic answer, at least for Americans, has long been one of legality: sunse …