So I hear that absinthe is now being legally imported by makers from France and Switzerland. Even a spirit distillery in CA is producing it. My question is can military members purchase and drink it legally? I hear of soldiers bringing it back to U.S. after serving in Germany and declaring it at customs when they arrive. Are there any laws or UCMJ regulations that prohibit use in the military?
On the topic of hallucigenic properties, thujone is what made it illegal. In order for it to be legally imported here, thujone has to be under a certain percent. And the hallucigenic rumors have been scientifically disproved. I may be wrong, but to me this places it under the same category as tobacco and alcohol. It is just a strong liquor. Everclear is much stronger. Just doesn’t have thujone. Oh, and I didn’t see anything about it on the History channel. I came across some fellow soldiers who brought some when they came back from Europe.
So if it’s still illegal, why am I seeing on the internet that in March 2007, two brands of absinthe (Lucid and Kübler) became the first genuine absinthes legally imported into the United States since 1912? This was following the independent efforts by representatives of each brand to topple the longstanding U.S. ban. In December 2007, St. George Absinthe Verte, produced by St. George Spirits of Alameda, California, became the first brand of American-made absinthe to be legally produced in the United States since the enactment of the ban.