it is.. distilled from wormwood, it contains thujone..
use and abuse of thujone causes addiction, nausea, convulsions and
death..
it is also insanely high in alcohol content.. usually around or
above 180 proof.. that's 90% alcohol...
usually served drizzled over a sugarcube with an "absinthe spoon"
which holds the sugarcube (if you watched Dracula starring Gary
Oldman, you may remember Mina and Dracula sharing absinthe)
drink the stuff with caution...