1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Marijuana Data Collection Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Nearly two-thirds of Americans—about 64 percent—favor marijuana legalization. (2) A total of 31 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam have legalized marijuana for medicinal use, and of those, eight States and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for adult non-medicinal use. (3) Despite State legalization, marijuana remains illegal under Federal law, listed in schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act. (4) Every day, more Americans die from overdosing on opioids. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that more than 42,000 Americans died from opioid-related drug overdoses. President Trump has, on two separate occasions, declared the opioid crisis as a public health emergency. (5) Studies suggest that increased access to marijuana is associated with reductions in opioid abuse and opioid-related deaths, among other economic and social benefits: (A) A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2014 that compared mortality rates between States that legalized medical marijuana versus States that have not legalized medical marijuana found that States that had legalized medical marijuana had, on average, 20 percent fewer opioid-related overdose deaths in the first year of legalization compared to States that had not legalized marijuana. This difference widened in subsequent years after legalization. (B) A study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2017 found that opioid-related deaths tended to decline after the legalization of non-medicinal marijuana for adults in the State of Colorado. This study estimated a 6.5 percent reduction in opioid-related deaths compared to pre-legalization. (6) Due to marijuana legalization, States have generated millions in taxes and revenue and have allocated these funds into public health, education, economic development, restorative justice, and job