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@iwishcarswereal @Eric_Erins The amount of wormwood in absinthe was never enough to cause hallucinations, and opiates don't cause hallucinations at all. This myth was propaganda from the wine industry which was threatened by the competition from absinthe at the time.

@QuarrySquatter @Eric_Erins Wormwood, which was used in the absinthe mix, isn't used anymore, or at least not to the degree it used to be before the restrictions. Same with the opium additives.

The turn of the century absinthe propaganda is crazy I’ve only ever just gotten drunk

@PussyBlaster10k @Eric_Erins @JustinWhang There is LESS wormwood allowed than before, but the wormwood was never causing hallucinations in the first place. This was entirely propaganda from the wine industry which was threatened by the competition at the time.

@QuarrySquatter @Eric_Erins @JustinWhang

@isaacturnersong When I was a kid my mom let me "make" my own food from limited ingredients and I ate mustard in hot dog buns for an entire day until I puked and I couldn't eat mustard for ten years after that.

All mustard on the hotdog bun

@freshlybakedbro @Eric_Erins No

@Eric_Erins Isn’t it like 90% proof?

@PussyBlaster10k @Eric_Erins @JustinWhang Untrue. Wormwood has been allowed back in absinthe since the 2000s.

@Eric_Erins @JustinWhang de active ingredients in absence are actually illegal in the United States so any absinthe you have gotten is missing the secret element

@ryandangeremma @Eric_Erins It never had anything hallucinogenic. Was propaganda from the wine industry.

@Eric_Erins It's a 4Loko situation. They switched up the recipe. Used to have all kinds of crazy potions back then

@PossumPatriot @GodKneels6Trump @Eric_Erins Because they were weak as shit lmao

@GodKneels6Trump @Eric_Erins I've noticed marijuana highs from the 60s, 70s seem entirely different in description from the ones nowadays

@remaininl1ght @Eric_Erins It's entirely propaganda from the wine industry which was scared that absinthe was competing

@Eric_Erins I think it’s cause historic absinthe had a ton of additives that make you go bonkers

@cas1193 @Eric_Erins Placebo. Absinthe never had any active ingredients that causes a high besides alcohol

@Eric_Erins Idk man I had the real stuff in Prague and proceeded to float around the city for 5 hours in a sort of dreamlike state that can’t be attributed to alcohol and the dopamine hit of good urbanism alone.

@gothic_aqua @Eric_Erins It never did

@Eric_Erins Well to be fair they banned the part that makes you crazy

@KisseFin @Eric_Erins It was never hallucinogenic. This was propaganda from the wine industry.

@Eric_Erins Thats because they literally dont make it like they used to

@Coretrayn @Eric_Erins Correct

@Eric_Erins Is this not just anti alcohol amidst a time of serious alcoholism and absinthe happened to be a popular drink at the time?

@georgecursor @Eric_Erins The original absinthe didn't cause hallucinations either. It was propaganda by the wine industry which was struggling to compete at the time due to crop failure.

@Eric_Erins We no longer have the original absinthe. Now it's just a strong drink. I had some in Prague, it's just an aromatic tsipouro.

@cjbussey81 @Eric_Erins Opiates don't cause hallucinations either

@Eric_Erins Gotta do what most old school absinthe drinkers did and stack it with some opium or laudanum.

@Cruxador @Eric_Erins "real" absinthe doesn't cause hallucinations either. Complete myth

@Eric_Erins Have you had real absinthe or the modern US-legal thing of the same name

@colblake_yqr @Eric_Erins The hallucinogenic absinthe is a complete myth

@Eric_Erins there is a HUGE difference between130 yo absinthe and the shit we have today. think cocaine as a cough remedy.

@Vosky24 @hackedbracket @Eric_Erins "real" absinthe never caused hallucinations in the first place. It was a myth created as part of the propaganda against it.

@hackedbracket @Eric_Erins I am pretty sure that wasn't a real absinthe 😂 I know the club, it has always been a tourist trap. And most of the "absinthe" sell in Czech shops is flavoured spirit, not a real absinthe.

@SD4RFKJr24 @Eric_Erins There is no "absinthe high". The only active substance in it is alcohol.

@Eric_Erins Absinthe high is a pretty subtle distinction from just normal booze.

@iwishcarswereal @Eric_Erins They never did cause that. That entire myth was part of the propaganda against it.

@Eric_Erins That's because they stopped using the same ingredients that used to cause hallucinations.

@Frank66_ @Eric_Erins The hallucinogenic properties are basically a myth. It was part of the propaganda against it

@Eric_Erins I assume we can’t get the real absinthe these guys were ripping back then because the only absinthe I’ve had was basically just green grain alcohol