french liquor?

Question

this liquor can still be found in some places in france, but was outlawed due to its hypnotic attributes, what is the name of this ...i know it starts with an A...

Answer 1

You are referring to Absinthe. There was a scaldal about it in the 1800's and now it has been revived.

In January 2006, a widely published Associated Press wire service article echoed the press's sensationalistic absinthe scare of a century earlier. It was reported that on the night he disappeared, George Allen Smith IV (a Greenwich, Connecticut, man who in July 2005 vanished from aboard the Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas while on his honeymoon cruise) and other passengers drank a bottle of absinthe. The story noted the modern revival and included quotes from various sources suggesting that absinthe remains a serious and dangerous hallucinogenic drug:

"In large amounts it would certainly make people see strange things and behave in a strange manner," said Jad Adams, author of the book, "Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle." "It gives people different, unusual ideas which they wouldn't have had on their own accord because of its stimulative effect on the mind."

Absinthe is banned in the United States because of harmful neurological effects caused by a toxic chemical called thujone, said Michael Herndon, spokesman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.[15]

The story also noted: "Defenders of the drink say it is safe and its harmful effects a myth." Jad Adams and Ted Breaux were interviewed on MSNBC about this issue. Ted Breaux had this to say:

One thing we know is that absinthe, old and new, does not contain a lot of thujone. And what we know, from certain scientific studies, which have been published in the past year or so, is that, first of all, thujone is not present in any absinthe in sufficient concentration to cause any type of deleterious effects in humans.

Answer 2

Absinthe

Answer 3

have ordered pernod brand absinthe and had no problems was lik $100 tho..... also have seen knock offs in liquer stores here. even the same brand but w/ no actifve ingredints. i didn't like it but others who drank it loved it.

Answer 4

absinthe

you can still get it on the internet.
the oils from the wood used to process it makes you nutty.
always wanted to try it.

Answer 5

absinthe

Answer 6

to have high spirits?