PCM

PCM (or PentoCyleinicMethylhydrane) was used by the Usurians to pacify their slave populations. It minimized the need for huge numbers of guards, eliminates airborne infection, but had the side-effect of inducing anxiety, thus debilitating the will of those affected. It was less effective in the Undercity of Megropolis One and in the mines of Megropolis Three.

There was an antidote to this anxiety inducing agent, which only higher executive grades were allowed to take (marked "for official use only"). (DW: The Sun Makers)