Willie Nelson Says He ‘Can’t Smoke’ Weed Anymore but Does This Instead

It might be possible to outsmoke Willie Nelson.

In an interview with Forbes published on Saturday, June 7, the country legend spoke about his new THC-infused drink, Willie’s Remedy, and revealed that he’s no longer smoking weed.

When asked how Nelson, 92, keeps “young on the road,” he said that he “can’t smoke anymore.” “My lungs have already said, ‘Don’t do that,’ ” Nelson, who has his own weed business, said. “So, I don’t really do anything now much except a few edibles.”

The “On the Road Again” singer also spoke about the importance of having a drink with THC in it, which is the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, per Healthline. It produces a high, unlike CBD.

“I think it’s good, the people like it from what I’ve seen and heard. It’s getting to be pretty popular out there,” Wilson said. In 2019, Nelson said that he stopped smoking cigarettes, but his publicist clarified that he does “still taste the flower” and “doesn’t smoke any more or any less [weed].”

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Nelson has been candid about his smoking misadventures. In February 2023, Nelson told PEOPLE about smoking with Snoop Dogg while in Amsterdam. “I love Snoop,” he said of the rapper. “He and I are great friends — have been forever. It was a lot of fun just hanging out and getting to do some things — Snoop and I.”

Nelson said that he and Snoop, 53, “smoked a lot of marijuana and had a lot of fun.” “I was over in Amsterdam and I called him, I said, ‘Come on over here and let’s have some fun,'” Nelson recalled at the time.

“So he did, and we hung out at all the hotspots over there, The Bulldog and Gray Area and all the good stuff.” Snoop, meanwhile, was convinced Wilson would outsmoke him.

The late President Jimmy Carter said that Nelson once smoked pot on the roof of the White House with one of Carter’s sons.

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Elsewhere in the interview with Forbes, Nelson spoke about his latest album Oh What a Beautiful World and the importance of conveying a positive message. “I think it’s time we try to make people happy and talk about the good things and be positive,” he told the publication about the April 25 release.

As for what makes the nonagenarian happy, Wilson enjoys “playing music.” “I enjoy seeing people get together and forget about everything except music. I think there’s a great positive exchange that takes place.”

“We don’t care what political affiliation you’re with, what color you are, it doesn’t matter if you like music, come on.”

Nelson spoke to PEOPLE in 2023 ahead of his 90th birthday celebration, in awe of his milestone year. “I never thought I’d get here,” he said at the time. “This ain’t nothing. It’s another day.”

“I get a lot of fun out of playing for an audience,” Wilson added, referring to the best gift he could get in celebration of 90 years. “There’s a great energy exchange there. It’s what keeps me going.”