gets candid about his past drugs and where he is now in In a interview with a , he shared that has been instrumental in keeping him sober and he is aware how controversial that can be for people. Smoking weed, for has kept him from doing hard drugs which is something he had a problem with in his past. "I get in trouble for this, all the time, but my stance on marijuana will always be the same: I believe marijuana has helped me in so many regards, with my anxiety.
This is a hot button topic, but, truly, marijuana has kept me sober," Jelly Roll told the outlet. "I think a world without weed, Jelly Roll's drinking codeine and popping Xanax and snorting cocaine again, but a world with weed, I'll be alright," the Halfway to Hell singer added. Jelly Roll goes on to talk about how sobriety is different for everyone and he has friends whose sobriety does not include weed.
"I know that I have friends that don't do that. I have friends that are in the program that are totally against any kind of mind-altering anything. I respect that.
I have so much respect for those people. That's just not how my sobriety worked out," He shared. The 39-year-old, born Jason Bradley DeFord, had a tough upbringing which lead him to being incarcerated many times.
He said in his 2023 documentary Jelly Roll: Save Me that he went to jail 40 times for drug-related crimes and aggravated robbery (one of his most serious charges). He was first incarcerated at 14. His mother became addicted to drugs when doctors .
