Why Soma Ritual?

Someone put forth the assertion that "Soma Ritual" fell into disuse in yoga because the yogis found that it was possible to achieve complete emancipation without soma.

I say nonsense. If soma ritual disappeared then it was that it went underground because it is so easy to abuse intoxicants.
The following is my response to the author of the post's assertions: (I do not have permission and do not know it it would be cool if i published the author's original work.) :

I tend to somewhat disagree. Without speculating on the causes of the demise of the soma ritual, the soma ritual not only gives one pause to experience the bliss of samadi but also allows the practitioner to gain insight into the sources of the practitioner's tensions. Many people get "paranoia" when intoxicated with cannabis. One is led to believe that the source of the problem dwells in the taking of the intoxicant and that that fear is unreal. That fear is actually as real as your life. That fear is you knowing the imbalances of your life, on a more first hand basis. That fear is the reality of your karmic fate. It is not so pretty is it, perhaps? The experienced soma practitioner is able to not only use the samadi temporarily experienced in the soma induced state, but also the other portion of the experience can also be used, "what exactly are the problems and limitations that keep me from samadi?" And an experienced soma practitioner will be able to slowly take more control over his karmic trajectory and slowly uplift himself. (herself, just the same.) This does not abnegate the need to know other techniques, such as meditation. It is adjunctive to one's practice. When one is only chasing samadi through the use of intoxicants, one is hellbound for trouble. But the use of soma can be very beneficial. Might I also suggest that "soma" is a more or less generic name for intoxicants. That it is not really attached to any specific substance and it never was.