Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:17:21 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> What made it so harmful and a banned substance? All I have ever
> learned is that it made you crazy. Most liquor does that to lots of
> people!!


Thujone from the wormwood was the substance that was blamed for the
absinthe problems, though it was just as likely to be the high alcohol
content. There was also the influence of the wine producers and the
prohibitionists.