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I did a little experimenting with the colorfull years yeah... But I never got the urge to whack one of my ears off

Now every time I make some anisette or even buy a bag of black licorice, I'll think of Van Gogh.

eh? what's that?

[Of course these days when you drink absinthe liquor all you are really getting is the flavor, because the real chemical in absinthe, thujone, is banned in the U.S. because in high doses it is dangerous.

"Literally, it eats away at your neural transmitters in your brain. Drink enough of it you'll die eventually," said Werner. ]

So there you go, it's official. We will die eventually.

Shit, I thought this trip was forever.

That was a terrible article that is about as over hyped as possible.

there is less than 10mg/l of thujone in most pre- and post- ban absinthe. The TTB has now opened the US Market to absinthe. There is one, Lucid, already on the market in NY and more are coming.

Here is a great source of info on Absinthe. http://www.wormwoodsociety.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow