Jelly Roll expresses deep concern for fentanyl dangers citing personal parental worry
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jelly Roll's concern for fentanyl drugs is not new. The Grammy winner in his recent interview admitted that his worry originates from his own concern for 2 kids back home.
“We've seen crack. We've seen cocaine. We've seen opioids. But we've never seen something that is so deadly in such small amounts that's being mixed in so many different things,” Jelly said.
How many children does Jelly have?
The country singer is father to daughter Bailee, 15, and son Noah, 7, as per People.
“My daughter will never experience the safety of experimenting with drugs. I know that sounds crazy to say, but when I was a kid, my mother would be like, ‘You're going to try everything once. Just be safe,’” the 39-year-old added.
“It's not safe for any kid to be doing anything,” adds the musician (whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord).
He pointed at the number of deaths from fentanyl-related overdose, “How many more people does [fentanyl] have to kill a day before we start to care if the number right now is close to 200? I just think it's time to speak about it.
“It scares me for my daughter. It scares me for my son. It scares me for this next generation. We've never seen anything like fentanyl.”
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Let's start talking about fentanyl!
His approach to taking down fentanyl is to talk about it, “I think opening conversations about some of this stuff is the beginning of healing, right?”
“A lot of problems we have in America is that we just don't openly talk about the s--- that's really happening the way we should. It's kind of like once you break the ice and put them on the table, then can't ignore it much longer after that,” said the ‘Save Me’ singer.
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In January, the "Need a Favor" artist spoke at the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in support of passing the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. "I've sadly attended more funerals than I wish to recount to all of you on this committee," Jelly expressed during the session.
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