Jelly Roll Backs Anti-Fentanyl Legislation in Powerful Speech to Congress

Jelly Roll says he was a part of the drug downside in America — however is hoping to be part of the answer now … taking a strong stance in opposition to fentanyl in entrance of Congress.

The nation singer/rapper was on Capitol Hill Thursday — the place he gave testimony about his personal expertise on this division … going over his historical past as a drug vendor, and detailing how he got here out the opposite facet.

Jelly says his troubled previous really makes him the proper individual to throw his assist behind the anti-fentanyl laws that was being mentioned right here … itemizing heartbreaking examples of how his life’s been personally affected by the spiraling downside.

JR explains that he is attended extra funerals for his family members than he cares to share … fearing in the future, he’ll have to inform his teen daughter her drug addict mother has turn into a nationwide statistic — which sits at 190 individuals dying from an overdose every day.

JR — who had 40 jail stints earlier than the age of twenty-two — says he thought promoting medication was a victimless crime … and by no means thought America’s drug epidemic would spiral from crack cocaine to opioids/OxyContin, and now fentanyl. Now, he is acknowledging how lethal fentanyl is … and vowing to do every thing he can to eradicate it, therefore his phrases immediately.