Абсент-таки не прёт, вот уже и наука подтянулась подтвердить.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120923004339/https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/sorry-absinthe/
The long-cherished idea that absinthe, an anise-flavored alcoholic beverage with a history of use by artists like Van Gogh and Picasso, is or ever was hallucinogenic might have met its death by data today.