ABSTRACT
Europeans stopped drinking absinthe at the turn of the nineteenth to twentieth century, but it is now making a comeback. e cessation of absinthe abuse in the early 1900s occurred almost entirely in step with the decline in the popularity of cocaine. Until 2007, the U.S. law prohibited the importation and sale of absinthe, but it can now be purchased in stores and over the Internet. e U.S. government rescinded its prohibition aer nearly a century when it was discovered that the drink contained smaller amounts of potentially toxic thujones than had previously been supposed, although it is not entirely clear that the Drug Enforcement Agency agrees with this position. Absinthe is sold over the counter in European Union (EU) liquor stores. Alternatively, the key herbal ingredients contained in absinthe can be purchased as “health food supplements” and then added to vodka or pure ethanol.
