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Absinthe Anniversary

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The Drug Policy Alliance is throwing a cocktail bash and networking opportunity for students, young professionals and other movers-and-shakers on May 22, 2008 at an exclusive gallery space in SoHo. The theme is inspired by the one-year anniversary of the re-legalization of absinthe in the U.S. The organizers hope the event will encourage participants to think about the variable relationship between drugs, society, the law, and art. Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder takes place Thursday, May 22 from six to eight pm.

DJ, light appetizers and open bar. Twenty-one and over only; proper ID required 151 Wooster Street between Houston & Prince B, D, F, V to Broadway/Lafayette or R, W to Prince. Get more info and RSVP here. This will be an opportunity to meet the people working to end the drug war. Come together to promote new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights. You'll also get to try absinthe and see "Flash, Cash and Trash," an exhibition by contemporary young artists on the sex, drugs and rock 'n roll of the 1990s.

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the one-year anniversary of the re-legalization of absinthe??

Submitted by Gus8 on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 12:52.

"the one-year anniversary of the re-legalization of absinthe in the U.S"

The what? Absinthe was not re-legalized!

A bunch of businessmen found out that the TTB thujone test registers ZERO for thujone <10ppm and therefore is in compliance with FDA regs. Nothing was re-legalized, the real thing is still banned.

 

"It's not the true absinthe of Victorian lore," Walding said. "That's still banned by the federal government." (Iowa Department of Alcoholic Beverages)

 

"It's the myth and legend right now that everyone's focused on but they're not really focused on what ultimately got it approved and it was the removal of the parts that they thought were the mind altering aspects of that product," Robert Benedetto with the State Liquor Authority (NY)

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Submitted by Thom Kennet on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 19:24.

Even real absinthe is only for Victorians, or corsetted puritans seeking legitimacy among the dead.

Instead, why not try Henbane Pilsner, Blue-Honey Mead, or Poppy Wine...drinks every authentic 'potheacary carries - something for every corpse in that cabinet! 

A party celebrating the pretend legalization of a pretend drug: we all should go.