Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder!
Base10 didn't know this. Absinthe is currently available for sale in the US. According to the article:

The complete end of prohibition – which, as the Times reports, has already taken place in the E.U. – is thanks in part to studies concluding that the chemical thujone, found in wormwood and often blamed for absinthe’s rumored hallucinatory effects, was barely present in historical absinthe. It’s now believed that the delirious effects reported by some absinthe drinkers may have been due to the toxic artificial coloring like copper sulfate used in cheaper brands.

Base10 would like to try it, but has heard that it is horrendous tasting and requires a sugar cube to be melted into it to become palatable.
- posted by Base10 @ 3:03 PM