1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act. . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Chronic pain affects the veteran population, with almost 60 percent of veterans returning from serving in the Armed Forces in the Middle East, and more than 50 percent of older veterans, who are using the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs living with some form of chronic pain. (2) In 2020, opioids accounted for approximately 75 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the United States. (3) Veterans are twice as likely to die from opioid related overdoses than nonveterans. (4) States with recreational cannabis laws experienced a 7.6 percent reduction in opioid-related emergency department visits during the 180-day period after the implementation of such laws. (5) Marijuana and its compounds show promise for pain management and treating a wide-range of diseases and disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. (6) Medical marijuana in States where it is legal may serve as a less harmful alternative to opioids in treating veterans. 3. Safe harbor for use by veterans of medical marijuana (a) Safe harbor Notwithstanding the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq. ), the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ( 21 U.S.C. 951 et seq. ), or any other Federal law, it shall not be unlawful for— (1) a veteran to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana in a State or on Indian land if the use, possession, or transport is authorized and in accordance with the law of the applicable State or Indian Tribe; (2) a physician to discuss with a veteran the use of medical marijuana as a treatment if the physician is in a State or on Indian land where the law of the applicable State or Indian Tribe authorizes the use, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, delivery, and transport of medical marijuana