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Xolodno

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16. Absinthe...aka the Green Fairy..

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 03:06 AM

Sep 2024

...was once outlawed. I knew people who went out of their way to obtain it. Now its legal, meh. Stuff is awful, so it never took off, just the novelty fueled sales once legalized. States that have legalized had a huge initial bump in sales....now, a lot of dispensaries are going belly up.

More proof, prohibition never works.

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Absinthe...aka the Green Fairy.. Xolodno Sep 2024 #16