Also, having experienced quite a bit of pain--it provides a moderate amount of pain relief but also quite a bit of distraction from pain. Sometimes pain can be neverending and only stops when you are completely out. Mental distraction (including laughter and love) is one of the best tools for coping with pain. There is potential to abuse so many drugs but if you are in a car accident, suffering from a painful disease, etc., don't you want to have many tools available to you to relieve your suffering?