Dave Smith wrote:
>
> 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.

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