GREEN DEVIL

Absinthe Alcohol was invented in 1797 by Dr. Pierre Ordinaire. By the 1800's it quickly became one of Europe's most popular alcoholic drinks. France led the way and it was referred to as La fée verte (the green fairy). Authors and artists such as Van Gogh were proponents for using the alcohol to induce creativity and its popularity soared. It is an emerald green alcoholic drink that contains a reportedly psychoactive chemical derived from the herb absinthin (wormwood). It is very bitter (due to the presence of absinthin) and is therefore traditionally poured over a perforated spoonful of sugar into a glass of water. The drink then turns into an opaque white as the essential oils precipitate out of the alcoholic solution... At the turn of the century prohibition swept across Europe, people made claims that chronic use of absinthe alcohol was believed to produce a syndrome, called absinthism, which was characterized by addiction, hyper excitability, and hallucinations. This combined..