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.

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.
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.
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.

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