Wow. I didn't expect to see anything green, but I think because somehow I was expecting it, I saw green. Anyway, During my Absinthe dose: Felt slightly light headed at first, Some sort of drill in the back of my head, spinning, became tired, I remember my teeth chattering, and I probably imagined this but I could have sworn I could hear whispering.
The After Effect- Dizzy, dark green and purple floating dots, and everything was a little blurry. It was great, XthegrimrprX. Just don't stand up too quickly. Or you will walk into something. *Rubs head* Next up is..
Peyote.
Absinthe
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DeathChronx
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Hate to say it, but apparently absinthe has never had any real hallucinogenic effects whatsoever. Not to say drinking it won't make you loopy and drunk, but here are some bits from its entry at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
"Absinthe has long been believed to be hallucinogenic but no evidence supports this. Ten years after Dr. Magnan's wormwood oil experiments he studied 250 cases of alcoholism claiming those who drank absinthe were worse off than those who just drank alcohol and they experienced, among other things, rapidly brought on hallucinations.[26] Few descriptions of these hallucinations exist from actual absinthe drinkers beyond a few quotes from poets after a long night of drinking. In one of the most famous, Oscar Wilde describes the feeling of tulips on his legs after leaving a bar at closing.[27] These beliefs got a boost in the 1970s when a scientific paper mistakenly reported thujone was related to THC and most likely had similar hallucinogenic properties based on its shape.[28] With the advent of usenet and web recipes 'trip reports' have been circulating for many years. These home recipes sometimes call for known hallucinogenic herbs in a mistaken attempt to recreate Absinthe's supposed hallucinogenic effects."
"Today it is known that absinthe does not cause hallucinations, especially those described in the old studies. Thujone, the supposed active chemical in absinthe, is a GABA antagonist and while it can produce muscle spasms in large doses there is no evidence it causes hallucinations."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
"Absinthe has long been believed to be hallucinogenic but no evidence supports this. Ten years after Dr. Magnan's wormwood oil experiments he studied 250 cases of alcoholism claiming those who drank absinthe were worse off than those who just drank alcohol and they experienced, among other things, rapidly brought on hallucinations.[26] Few descriptions of these hallucinations exist from actual absinthe drinkers beyond a few quotes from poets after a long night of drinking. In one of the most famous, Oscar Wilde describes the feeling of tulips on his legs after leaving a bar at closing.[27] These beliefs got a boost in the 1970s when a scientific paper mistakenly reported thujone was related to THC and most likely had similar hallucinogenic properties based on its shape.[28] With the advent of usenet and web recipes 'trip reports' have been circulating for many years. These home recipes sometimes call for known hallucinogenic herbs in a mistaken attempt to recreate Absinthe's supposed hallucinogenic effects."
"Today it is known that absinthe does not cause hallucinations, especially those described in the old studies. Thujone, the supposed active chemical in absinthe, is a GABA antagonist and while it can produce muscle spasms in large doses there is no evidence it causes hallucinations."
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dulcisxcruor
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The reason for people having hallucinogenic effects is most likely because people said to them "After you drink this dude, you'll be seeing green elves and stuff bro." I don't think it's more than what happened to me. Because I expected to see something, I did (the dots).
"These beliefs (hallucinogenic effects from Absinthe) got a boost in the 1970s when a scientific paper mistakenly reported thujone was related to THC and most likely had similar hallucinogenic properties based on its shape.[28] With the advent of usenet and web recipes 'trip reports' have been circulating for many years. These home recipes sometimes call for known hallucinogenic herbs in a mistaken attempt to recreate Absinthe's supposed hallucinogenic effects."
So technically the reason for the hallucinogenic effects was caused by a drug or home recipes. So I guess that means I-Doser should start working on the dose, "Thujone."
"These beliefs (hallucinogenic effects from Absinthe) got a boost in the 1970s when a scientific paper mistakenly reported thujone was related to THC and most likely had similar hallucinogenic properties based on its shape.[28] With the advent of usenet and web recipes 'trip reports' have been circulating for many years. These home recipes sometimes call for known hallucinogenic herbs in a mistaken attempt to recreate Absinthe's supposed hallucinogenic effects."
So technically the reason for the hallucinogenic effects was caused by a drug or home recipes. So I guess that means I-Doser should start working on the dose, "Thujone."
Well, for all the scientific info you vould want on absinthe and thujone, here you go:
http://www.thujone.info/
Some interesting things to note from the front page (in edited form here),
"Some researchers have now hypothesised that the reputed "secondary effects" of absinthe have nothing directly to do with thujone at all - if they in fact exist at all, they may be caused by the interaction of some of the other constituent herbs ( fenchone in fennel, pinocamphonethe in hyssop, and the anethole in anise, have all been shown to cause epileptiform convulsions in laboratory animals when administered in very large doses).
"The effect of well-made absinthe varies from person to person, but is typically no more marked than the mild “buzzâ€
http://www.thujone.info/
Some interesting things to note from the front page (in edited form here),
"Some researchers have now hypothesised that the reputed "secondary effects" of absinthe have nothing directly to do with thujone at all - if they in fact exist at all, they may be caused by the interaction of some of the other constituent herbs ( fenchone in fennel, pinocamphonethe in hyssop, and the anethole in anise, have all been shown to cause epileptiform convulsions in laboratory animals when administered in very large doses).
"The effect of well-made absinthe varies from person to person, but is typically no more marked than the mild “buzzâ€
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dulcisxcruor
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Any great amount of alcohol makes you hallucinate. At least most people do. The question is will it be a variety of green hallucinogenic images. Aka The Green Fairy.420kid wrote:i guess theres only one true way to find out if real pure absinthe is hallucinogenic just drink a bunch and if so then yup it is and if not then you probably wanna go get that hangover cure dose and play it all night
Thanks for the info konajinx.
