Vintage absinthe: now with less thujone

A new study published online today in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows that vintage absinthe of the pre-ban era did not, as has often been speculated, contain high levels of the neurotoxin thujone. The actual thujone levels in the 13 vintage absinthes tested were, on average, on a par with modern brands. Most fell under the current EU limit of 35mg/l, and some even fell within the highly restrictive US limits of 10ppm.... As Nathan-Maister says: "In other words, the entire historical demonization of absinthe is based on a false premise ' that it is a thujone-rich drink. It isn't."

Oh. You mean a drug was demonized by society for essentially no good reason? How shocking and novel.