Cracker wrote:Absinth is still legal.. these days it's only strong alcohol.
Back in the old days it contained various psycho stuff like lsd, mushrooms, peyote cactus, amphetamines or other stuff..
Absinth was simply an excuse to get wasted with drugs and a reason to hallucinate.
These days it's simply a strong liquor like for example, strohrum, slivovic etc.. (75% alcohol or more)
No no no Ted

Absinthe was prepared from a pernod like base, and had distillations of wormwood and various other natural herbs. Powerful to be sure, but none of the nasties you mention. It still has the strong macerated wormwood etc as in the original, but in smaller amounts. Its not just 75% booze as you claim. Its the real stuff.
The genesis of absinthe goes back to the middle ages with the monastries making alchol based medicines.
LSD wasnt invented till 1937, amphetimines not until the early 20th century etc.
I bought a bottle for kicks about 8 years ago. Cost £58! It was the real "green fairy stuff"
Took me 6 months to drink it. 1 glass lasted a day. I tried the sugar lump trick too. Gorgeous!