Mr. Bill wrote:

> The chemical thujone, present in small quantities, was singled out and
> blamed for its alleged harmful effects. By 1915, absinthe had been
> banned in the United States and in most European countries except the
> United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and the
> Austro-Hungarian Empire.




Absinthe is legal in a lot of places now, including the US. My son and
his friends used to order it by mail from the Czech Republic moe than 10
years ago.