The story of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World describes a utopian society in conflict with stability. People are unaware of the morals and ethics upheld by their ancestors 600 years earlier and, in turn, are demoralized. Babies are born in laboratories, relationships last no longer than bedtime, and drugs are provided by the government for everyday use by citizens. The drug, "soma", symbolizes the ecstatic ecstasy experienced by the morose seeking escape, material religion for those seeking comfort from a supernatural force, abused aphrodisiac for lovers wishing to have fun, and complete technocracy on the part of a government using a controlled substance. dominate the minds of his people. Soma and its uses reveal a broken society that uses drugs as an escape from reality and the difficulties of life. Every character in Huxley's Brave New World uses soma, including Lenina, a frequent abuser of the drug. Lenina goes on a soma trip, "as soon as she returned to the retirement home, she swallowed six half-gram soma tablets, lay down on the bed, and within ten minutes embarked on lunar eternity." Lenina uses her high as an escape from the horrors she encounters on the reservation. The soma calms her down but at the same time gets her high. The use of soma takes her to "lunar eternity", placing her in a place of comfort and serenity outside this world. The World Society states: “One cubic centimeter cures ten gloomy feelings” defines the primary use of the drug as temporary relief from depression. The slogan encourages people to use the narcotic instead of continuing to live in a gloomy state. Many characters seek happiness through drugs, believing that it will change everything. Soma also becomes a religion. It serves as a substitute… in the center of the card… the slot, safe on the solid ground of daily work and distraction” Soma becomes a tactic used by the government to distract people from reality. If anyone thinks he should be different by not taking soma, he will be punished. The Controllers maintain a society of such people with the mind-controlling and psychologically manipulative properties of the mind-altering substance. Soma and its many distracting uses are all directed at Huxley's vision of the future through symbolism. Soma is a drug released by the World Society as an implementation of an all-knowing totalitarian government's plan to dictate citizens through the absolute ideology that there is no need for God and sex is great. Through this mind control, eliminating suffering, therefore the need for a higher being to seek help, the government can and will have full access to the minds and decisions of its citizens..