SC - SC Absinthe

[RANDALL DIAMOND]

Morgana comments:
>>>>Actually, what made absinthe dangerous wasn't the wormwood.  It was the
fact that they used pure grain alcohol for the base.  I have an absinthe
recipe which only uses 1/3 oz. of wormwood for 2 liters--not enough to
cause harm to normal people.
Spain still makes real absinthe; they use lower alcohol levels now.
I'd still caustion most people against it.<<<<

Sorry Morgana, I have an extensive article from an old
Scientific American that disagrees with your statement.
It gives a comprehensive history of absinthe and the
exact chemicals in the wormwood that are so dangerous.
It also gives the breakdowns in the body chemically and the
effects it has on specifics of the central nervous sysytem.
If you need it, I'll see if I can locate it in my files.  I
know it's there as I used it in writing my research 
doucumentation for the A&S entry I had.