Absinthe
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Green Fairy; Green Goddess; La Fée Verte
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Alcoholic Depressant Intoxicant
CHEMICAL NAME
Mixture
DESCRIPTION
Absinthe is a distilled spirit infused with herbs including the thujone-containing Artemisia absinthium. Many describe its effects as significantly different than alcohol alone, but the nature of thujone's effects are much disputed. It was popularized in the late 19th century and associated with the bohemian artistic movements of the time.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
Absinthe Information, by Azazel
HISTORY #
LAW #
Absinthe in the United States?, Nov 2007
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
The Absinthe Enigma - Erowid Extracts
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY #
EXPERIENCES #
Good Absinthe is Divine, by Assassin
Good Absinthe Can Be Made at Home, by Tammy
Imagination Stimulated, by EchoAssimilator
Vincent Van Gogh Torches Benjamin Franklin, by Smiley
Green Goddess in the Big Easy, by the chemist
BOOKS #
Hideous Absinthe, by J. Adams
Absinthe: History in a Bottle, by B. Conrad III
The Book of Absinthe, by P. Baker
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
PRIMARY RESOURCES #
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Green Gold; The return of absinthe, New Yorker, Mar 2006
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Care for an Absinthe? Ptooey! - New York Times, Jan 2 2009
Barely Legal: American Absinthe Passes the Taste Test - Wired, Jul 19 2007
Absinthe makes hearts grow fonder - Prague Post, Jun 20 2007
Green Scene! Once an illegal spirit, absinthe returns - NY Post, Jun 17 2007
Absinthe: The American Remix - NY Times, Apr 29 2007
Absinthe: Demystifying the Storied Drink - AP, Apr 2006
Mystery of the Green Menace - Wired, Oct 2005
Swiss face sobering future after legalizing absinthe - Reuters, Mar 23 2005
Absinthe's Second Coming - Cigar Aficionado, Mar/Apr 2001
Toxin in absinthe makes neurons run wild - Science News, Apr 1 2000