Soma in BNW is more analogous to MDMA as it's about sedated pleasure, not mental clarity/performance.
I seem to think marijuana is more about sedated pleasure than MDMA. Granted, it's been about 30 years since I read Brave New World.
mdma is pleasureful but extremely non-sedated
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I seem to think marijuana is more about sedated pleasure than MDMA. Granted, it's been about 30 years since I read Brave New World.