Jelly Roll Claims Smoking Marijuana Has Kept Him 'Sober'

The country music star said he can "get in trouble" for his views on pot.

Jelly Roll has cleaned up his act recently — but he says smoking pot has kept him away from harder drugs.

“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,” the country music star said in a new interview with Taste of Country. “This is a hot-button topic, but, truly, marijuana has kept me sober.”

The “Son of a Sinner” singer, 39, went on to admit that in a “world without weed,” he would be “drinking codeine and popping Xanax and snorting cocaine again.”

“But a world with weed, I’ll be alright,” said in the interview, published Friday.

Speaking candidly about substance abuse, Jelly continued, “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.”