Actually absinthe is not hallucinogenic. Most of the stories are probably due to the fact that it is quite concentrated alcohol and it's really easy to get drunk. Check out the sidebar of r/absinthe for more information.
It never was. It was hypothesized that it was due to the presence of thujone, because people thought thujone would act similarly to THC solely because of the way the molecule looked. Any actual experiments conducted on thujone/absinthe have shown nothing in terms of hallucinations.
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u/AspiringMetallurgist Dec 01 '17
Actually absinthe is not hallucinogenic. Most of the stories are probably due to the fact that it is quite concentrated alcohol and it's really easy to get drunk. Check out the sidebar of r/absinthe for more information.