Absinthe Legalized~

Tyen · 09-19-2007, 10:36 AM

So, Absinthe has been legalized and it is finally in the states.

Lucid Absinthe is the first product to emerge. Wish I had more things to say but now I'm at a blank.

Twobit Whore · 09-19-2007, 10:37 AM

For reals?

Isn't it a hallucinogen?

Tyen · 09-19-2007, 10:38 AM

Thujone is what makes it a hallucinative but from reviews I hear that it's a whole different type of buzz/high/whatever.

The laws against Thujone where always set higher than what Absinthe has always been distilled with. But until recently they have been clarified and made available.

The Ancient · 09-19-2007, 10:39 AM

I tried absinthe in Europe and got wasted. Nothing more, nothing less. I would have been in the same condition from drinking an equal amount of Johnny Walker.

Hocicra · 09-19-2007, 10:39 AM

It was never truly illegal in the first place due to a shitty definition of what absinthe really is.

Tyen · 09-19-2007, 10:42 AM

I have read some things about people creating Wormwood Hash and smoking it and totally fucking them up. Was an interesting read but if you OD on it you go into convulsions and could die.

This is all crazy interesting to me seeing a 95year ban lifted.

Hocicra · 09-19-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyen

I have read some things about people creating Wormwood Hash and smoking it and totally fucking them up. Was an interesting read but if you OD on it you go into convulsions and could die.

This is all crazy interesting to me seeing a 95year ban lifted.

It wasn't lifted. The absinthe being produced has a low enough thujone level to pass the FDA's requirement.

Vorph · 09-19-2007, 10:54 AM

Absinthe is definitely different than alcohol in terms of the effect it has. Personally I didn't care for it and wouldn't drink it again, but I'm not exactly an authority on drugs as I don't even like alcohol much anymore and have never tried anything else and don't intend to.

Edit: I'm talking about real Absinthe, with thujone. Even that Lucid stuff has so little thujone in it I doubt you'll get anything other than plain old drunk off it.

dak · 09-19-2007, 10:56 AM

Of course it was going to become fully legal eventually, it's an alcoholic beverage with a hip reputation and as such will be capitalized upon by alcohol producers who already have the infrastructure set up to produce and distribute it.

Leave it to big alcohol lobbyist to get a mild neurotoxin legalized while substances with no known LD remain schedule 1.

Tyen · 09-19-2007, 11:06 AM

This is a good read:

Barely Legal: American Absinthe Passes the Taste Test

Quote:

Kamal Mukherjee of Borisal Liquor in Brooklyn, New York, sold 36 cases in one week.

Gahid · 09-19-2007, 11:07 AM

I had some homemade absinthe at Reed College once. Easily the most disgusting thing I've ever put in my mouth.

I'm sure it tastes better when it isn't made with everclear under your bed.

Gahid · 09-19-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Barely Legal

For several years, Breaux has been working with a French distillery, faithfully reproducing a number of classic absinthes based on chemical scans of the contents of vintage bottles. The scans accord with recent research and contradict the traditional theory that thujone is absinthe's magic ingredient.

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Originally Posted by Barely Legal

If authentic, handcrafted absinthes contain very little thujone, there's no reason one couldn't be marketed in the United States.

How lucky.

dak · 09-19-2007, 11:12 AM

Quote:

I had some homemade absinthe at Reed College once. Easily the most disgusting thing I've ever put in my mouth.

I'm sure it tastes better when it isn't made with everclear under your bed.

Did the same thing with everclear an wormwood in a glass mason jar.

Ended up drinking it undistilled, was like something you would dredge out of an engine. Some people couldn't even get it close to their nose without vomiting bile.

Saw light tracers though!

Tyen · 09-19-2007, 11:16 AM

If anyone could find a good review on Lucid and it's effects would be much appreciated.

This will probably be the new Jagermeister in terms of popularity, imo.

ValkyrieIsAboutToDie · 09-19-2007, 11:23 AM

I grabbed a couple of bottles of absinth from Slovakia, Eurotrip-style. Even their stuff was just hard booze. Cracks you in the face fast, especially mixed with water and sugar.

It'll be the same over here. No green fairy for you off the storeshelves, but I can definately see a black market for the legit type growing exponentially larger.

09-19-2007, 10:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tyen FoH Thriller Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 1,872 +40 Internets	Absinthe Legalized~ So, Absinthe has been legalized and it is finally in the states. Lucid Absinthe is the first product to emerge. Wish I had more things to say but now I'm at a blank.

09-19-2007, 10:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,684	Absinthe is definitely different than alcohol in terms of the effect it has. Personally I didn't care for it and wouldn't drink it again, but I'm not exactly an authority on drugs as I don't even like alcohol much anymore and have never tried anything else and don't intend to. Edit: I'm talking about real Absinthe, with thujone. Even that Lucid stuff has so little thujone in it I doubt you'll get anything other than plain old drunk off it. __________________

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dak Enough wicked gay on this board as it is. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: France Posts: 4,150	Of course it was going to become fully legal eventually, it's an alcoholic beverage with a hip reputation and as such will be capitalized upon by alcohol producers who already have the infrastructure set up to produce and distribute it. Leave it to big alcohol lobbyist to get a mild neurotoxin legalized while substances with no known LD remain schedule 1. __________________ Give me negative internets you cock sucking nobodies. RIP Spiderman-Troupe 2002-2008

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09-19-2007, 10:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Twobit Whore Insert Quarter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,070 -23 Internets	For reals? Isn't it a hallucinogen?

09-19-2007, 10:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tyen FoH Thriller Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 1,872 +40 Internets	Thujone is what makes it a hallucinative but from reviews I hear that it's a whole different type of buzz/high/whatever. The laws against Thujone where always set higher than what Absinthe has always been distilled with. But until recently they have been clarified and made available.

09-19-2007, 10:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
The Ancient Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,255 +5 Internets	I tried absinthe in Europe and got wasted. Nothing more, nothing less. I would have been in the same condition from drinking an equal amount of Johnny Walker.

09-19-2007, 10:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
Hocicra Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 92 +0 Internets	It was never truly illegal in the first place due to a shitty definition of what absinthe really is.

09-19-2007, 10:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tyen FoH Thriller Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 1,872 +40 Internets	I have read some things about people creating Wormwood Hash and smoking it and totally fucking them up. Was an interesting read but if you OD on it you go into convulsions and could die. This is all crazy interesting to me seeing a 95year ban lifted.

09-19-2007, 11:07 AM	#11 (permalink)
Gahid Registared User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,006 +0 Internets	I had some homemade absinthe at Reed College once. Easily the most disgusting thing I've ever put in my mouth. I'm sure it tastes better when it isn't made with everclear under your bed.

09-19-2007, 11:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
Tyen FoH Thriller Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 1,872 +40 Internets	If anyone could find a good review on Lucid and it's effects would be much appreciated. This will probably be the new Jagermeister in terms of popularity, imo.

09-19-2007, 11:23 AM	#15 (permalink)
ValkyrieIsAboutToDie Needs food badly Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,319 +15 Internets	I grabbed a couple of bottles of absinth from Slovakia, Eurotrip-style. Even their stuff was just hard booze. Cracks you in the face fast, especially mixed with water and sugar. It'll be the same over here. No green fairy for you off the storeshelves, but I can definately see a black market for the legit type growing exponentially larger.