Is Lucid brand absinthe supposed to make you feel the so-called effects of the drink?
I had Lucid brand absinthe back in April and I was wondering if it was the “real deal”. Supposedly you’re supposed to feel different when drunk, but I didn’t notice anything spectacularly different, and if I did I feel like it was the placebo effect. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks!
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You wont trip from Absinthe. All absinthe now is distilled so theres very less or NONE at all the alkaloid(which gives the “high”)
I have done homemade Extract of the Wormwood( the stuff what gives high) it does work but it very very weird.
Basically if you want to get high just put the wormwood in the vodka for 2-3 days and drink a bit.
U DONT TRIP N E WAYS… u feel a weird kind of drunk… i have done it .. and tryed many versions… u want an absinth that isnt abright green… u want one that is like a deep green or like a deep spinich kind of green!!! the darker the better… the bright stuff is a fake coloring… make sure u do the ice cold water drip it helps hydrate u at the same time and it is soooo strong to have by itself…
Thats why its legal in the states b/c u don’t feel the affect… you’d need to go to europe to get the real stuff
In one of the best known accounts of absinthe drinking, Oscar Wilde described the feeling of having tulips on his legs after leaving a bar.[52] Two famous painters who helped popularize the notion that absinthe had powerful psychoactive properties were Toulouse Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh (who suffered from mental instability throughout his life).
Today it is known that absinthe does not cause hallucinations, especially ones similar to those described in 19th century studies. Thujone, the supposed active chemical in absinthe, is a GABA antagonist and, while it can produce muscle spasms in large doses, there is no evidence that it causes hallucinations. It has been speculated that reports of hallucinogenic effects of absinthe may have been due to poisonous chemicals being added to cheaper versions of the drink in the 19th century, to give it a more vivid color.[53]
However, the debate over whether absinthe produces effects on the human mind additional to those of alcohol has not been conclusively resolved. The effects of absinthe have been described by some artists as mind opening. The most commonly reported experience is a ‘clear-headed’ feeling of inebriation — a form of ‘lucid drunkenness’. Some modern specialists, such as chemist, historian and absinthe distiller Ted Breaux, claim that alleged secondary effects of absinthe may be caused by the fact that some of the herbal compounds in the drink act as stimulants, while others act as sedatives, creating an overall lucid effect of awakening.[54]
Long term effects of low absinthe consumption in humans remain unknown, although it is known that the herbs contained in absinthe have both painkilling and antiparasitic properties.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
Lucid is a “thujone free” absinthe that has been designed only for America; according to the FDA, alcoholic beverages must be thujone-free pursuant to 21 CFR 172.510.
Thujone is a natural element of grande wormwood and it has a strange effect when combined with alcohol.
This is because alcohol and thujone are opposites – as alcohol is a GABA agonist and thujone is an antagonist. Alcohol stimulates the production of this GABA neurotransmitter and causes drowsiness and sleep. Thujone on the other hand prevents alcohol from performing that functiom. Real absinthe with thujone is actually a ’speedball’, it’s constituents promote the production of GABA and open its receptors, while at the same time closing those receptors off. This is why the lucidity of an absinthe drinker contrasts to the state of normal drunkness and the experience has been described using the metaphor of the green fairy.
In Europe you will find absinthe with *100mg thujone* In the USA it is ZERO – 9ppm (trace)