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The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit (Evan Rail) Welsh discovering cheesesThought to be hallucinogenic and banned globally for a century, absinthe is once again legal and popular. Yet it is still associated with bohemian lifestyles, just as when it was the favorite drink of avant gardists like Toulouse Lautrec and Van Gogh and Baudelaire. And today, when vintage, pre ban bottles are discovered, they can sell for exorbitant prices to private collectors. But such discoveries are increasingly rare. Which is why the absinthe