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Originally Posted by Ramrod
...but adding wormwood to absinthe is. The absinthe we get these days is a pale imitation of the (banned) original.
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Not strictly true, there are regulations but they only stipulate the amount of thujone that can be present in the absinthe. But since the bottles never state the amount of thujone that isn`t normally a hard problem for suppliers to tackle. I've seen plenty of companies based in the UK selling absinthe with thujone in it that is at a higher level than is permitted. I suspect that this is because thujone is still not regulated as a drug, it is regulated as a toxic substance so comes under a whole different raft of legislation.