Is absinthe legal in Washington State?

Answer 1

Absinthe recently became legal again in the United States, but in the low strength that it was originally created at, not the super-strong versions that have been created in Europe and other areas. I believe that one compound was eliminated, but other than that it's the same. It would probably be pretty expensive and hard to find, but it's legal as of Summer 2007.

Absinthe is available on the U.S. market but what is sold in the USA is strickly regulated and contains only trace amounts of thujone a chemical found in the herb wormwood and the alcohol content is usually in the 80-100 Proof range....This is far from the original Absinthe made ages ago...The original Absinthe contained higher amounts of the chemical thujone depending on the distiller and the alcohol content ranged from 190-200 proof....In Victorian times the drug laudanum (oral morphine) which was a common vice at the time was added to Absinthe by certain distillers to improeve its overall affects...Which also added to absinthes addictive properties....