Correct Me If I'm Wrong
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12-10-2007, 08:34 PM
RE: Correct Me If I'm Wrong
Further, absinthe was portrayed as a dangerously addictive, psychoactive drug; the chemical thujone was blamed for most of its deleterious effects. The Lanfray murders of 1906 caused a petition to the Swiss government leading to its prohibition in Switzerland, and subsequently other countries. By 1915, it was prohibited in a number of European countries and the United States.
Though it was vilified, no evidence shows it to be any more dangerous or psychoactive than ordinary alcohol.[4] A modern absinthe revival began in the 1990s, as countries in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. As of August 2007 over 100 brands in a dozen countries are produced.[5]
It is once again legal to produce and sell absinthe in practically every country where alcohol is legal, the major exception being the United States, but as of 2007 absinthe's "banned status" in the States is changing. Two brands, Lucid and Kübler, are currently being sold in the United States. Laws concerning other absinthes are still unclear because it is not technically illegal to possess or consume other absinthe brands in the United States. In 2007, St. George Absinthe Verte from St. George Spirits of Alameda, California became the first brand of American-made absinthe legally sold in the US in nearly a century.[39] [40]
guess i cant correct you this time [&:]
Though it was vilified, no evidence shows it to be any more dangerous or psychoactive than ordinary alcohol.[4] A modern absinthe revival began in the 1990s, as countries in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. As of August 2007 over 100 brands in a dozen countries are produced.[5]
It is once again legal to produce and sell absinthe in practically every country where alcohol is legal, the major exception being the United States, but as of 2007 absinthe's "banned status" in the States is changing. Two brands, Lucid and Kübler, are currently being sold in the United States. Laws concerning other absinthes are still unclear because it is not technically illegal to possess or consume other absinthe brands in the United States. In 2007, St. George Absinthe Verte from St. George Spirits of Alameda, California became the first brand of American-made absinthe legally sold in the US in nearly a century.[39] [40]
guess i cant correct you this time [&:]
