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Reason June 2003 Jacob Sullum |
Drink Up Anyway It was more than a decade ago that wineries first tried to inform their customers about the health benefits of moderate drinking. Since then the evidence has only gotten stronger, but the federal government still won't let them talk about it. |
Wired August 2008 Brian Ashcraft |
15th Anniversary: Absinthe Goes From Banned Drug to Legal Liquor Once thought to have hallucinogenic effects, Absinthe now gets a clean bill of health from the US. |
Reason September 2005 Jacob Sullum |
The Search for Real Absinthe Now as then, absinthe's appeal is based largely on its notoriety. And just as pot would lose its countercultural cachet if it were sold by Philip Morris, absinthe is not the same when it is no longer prohibited. |
AskMen.com Bernie Alexander |
Absinthe: The Forbidden Drink The word absinthe comes from the Greek word apsinthion, which means "undrinkable." And that characteristic may be its strongest lure -- along with its exotic history. |
Wired November 2005 Brian Ashcraft |
The Mystery of the Green Menace It's been celebrated as a muse and banned as a poison. Now an obsessed microbiologist has cracked the code for absinthe - and distilled his own. |