soma

1-A drug used by the masses in Aldulous Huxley's book A Brave New World. It would be used on a daly basis by the citizens of this futuristic society in small doses to dull the senses,or keep people impassive and unfeeling. In special circumstances, a high dosage treatment of Soma would be given to someone who feels unhappy,or otherwise emotional at all;this procedure would be reffered to as being "on holiday" because the person being treated with Soma would be in a state of stoic extacy(Soma is a pill).Soma is the perverbial tranqualizer of the masses,much like TV or POP culture is in this day and age. 2-Also a great song by The Strokes 3-A fabled Psychotropic(makes you high) plant supposedly found in India and used by the first intelluctual race of humans. 4-A herb smoked for relaxation, sold mostly in head shops as an alternative for marijuana.