Quote: "Authentic absinthe has been available in the US for about six months"

Untrue. Authentic absinthe contains thujone and Lucid absinthe doesn't. The FDA ban thujone and therefore it had to be removed before it was allowed.

Quote: "Unlike absinthe substitutes such as Absente, these contain Grand Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), the definitive ingredient of absinthe"

Lucid and Absente are basically the same thing. Absente uses Artemisia abrotanum (Southern Wormwwod) & Lucid absinthe uses grande wormwood with the thujone REMOVED. They are one and the same in that respect. Absinthe, as drunk by Degas, Hemmingway etc., contained thujone and perhaps at levels of 260mg (according to Dr Niels Arnold of Kansas University)