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#94000. star_gazer
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Is absinthe now available in most US liquor stores?
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wahoowa94 
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No, not in most stores, but in some.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection literature, “The importation of Absinthe [sic] and any other liquors or liqueurs that contain Artemisia absinthium is prohibited.”
In 2007 the laws prohibiting absinthe were relaxed and several brands of absinthe were legally approved for sale. These brands must pass TTB testing, which is performed by the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry method and TTB considers a product to be thujone-free if the FDA’s test measures less than 10ppm (equal to 10mg/kg) thujone.[61] A US distillery also began producing and selling absinthe, the first US company to do so since 1912.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#United_States
Mar 27 08, 11:41 AM
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