Brave New World

In the book Brave New World, is soma simply a sedative?

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True, it it a tranquilizer.

The imaginary "ideal pleasure drug" in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World (1932). Its chemistry and pharmacology are undefined. As described, the drug resembles a hangoverless tranquilliser or an opiate.

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