Absinthe Linked To Cruise Mystery
John Christoffersen
Associated Press
Hartford Courant
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Stamford, Connecticut (US):
An illegal alcoholic drink that gained notoriety in the 19th century for its hallucinogenic effects is emerging as the latest twist in a modern mystery surrounding a Greenwich man who vanished from his honeymoon cruise last summer.
Passengers say that absinthe, made from grain alcohol and the common herb wormwood, was consumed by a group of men last seen with George Allen Smith IV on July 5, the day he disappeared from a Royal Caribbean cruise of the Mediterranean.C. Keith Greer, the attorney for one member of that group, Josh Askin of California, said Smith also drank shots of absinthe.
Absinthe is banned in the United States because of harmful neurological effects caused by a toxic chemical called thujone, said Michael Herndon, spokesman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Jan 23, 2006
John Christoffersen
Associated Press
Hartford Courant
____________
Stamford, Connecticut (US):
An illegal alcoholic drink that gained notoriety in the 19th century for its hallucinogenic effects is emerging as the latest twist in a modern mystery surrounding a Greenwich man who vanished from his honeymoon cruise last summer.
Passengers say that absinthe, made from grain alcohol and the common herb wormwood, was consumed by a group of men last seen with George Allen Smith IV on July 5, the day he disappeared from a Royal Caribbean cruise of the Mediterranean.C. Keith Greer, the attorney for one member of that group, Josh Askin of California, said Smith also drank shots of absinthe.
Absinthe is banned in the United States because of harmful neurological effects caused by a toxic chemical called thujone, said Michael Herndon, spokesman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Jan 23, 2006
