Posted by Ame Sans Vie on January 13, 2004, at 19:41:08
As I sit here sipping on my fourth absinthe drip of the night (improvised with Herbsaint Liqueur d'Anis and extract of wormwood), I'm wondering -- I've often heard of the chemical similarities between alpha-thujone and delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol. But can anyone tell me whether thujone (or any of the dozen or so other active herbal constituents of absinthe... beta-asarone, anethole, etc.) possesses any qualities which allow it to influence THC receptors? I just have to ask, because my lengthy experience with absinthe sure suggests to me that it does, lol!
P.S. I notice a definite "absinthian" effect even from pastis marketed within the U.S. without wormwood (i.e. Herbsaint, Pernod, Ricard, Absente). That's what leads me to believe that there's more to The Green Fairy than meets the FDA's eye.
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