Can Soma be Good?

In Brave New World, the people are supposed to be happy all of the time because what they take is a substance called soma. If a person takes soma, then they feel happy for a time depending on how much they take. In the beginning of the book the Director says that if a person waits too long to get what they want, they feel bad emotions that are not supposed to be felt in that society. So they take soma to help make them feel better. I also noticed in the book that soma can give a person holidays while they sleep. These holidays make a person dream about good things that make them forget about things that make them worry in the real world. How long the person sleeps depends on how much soma they take. But near the end of the book, one person took too much soma and she died because the soma was damaging her body as a result of taking too much. Today there are drugs like that which can help make a person feel better if they are feeling bad for medical purposes. But if a person takes too much of that then it can be harmful to their body. But there are other natural ways to make a person feel better without using drugs. Like relaxing in a quiet and peaceful place. What do you think? Is soma okay to take only in small amounts?