§ 5-201

Maryland § 5-201

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gcr: Criminal Law
• Title: 5

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(a) The Department, those of its officers, agents, inspectors, and representatives whom the Secretary designates, and each police officer and State’s Attorney in the State shall:

(1) enforce the provisions of this title that are not specifically delegated; and

(2) cooperate with each unit that enforces any federal, state, or local law relating to controlled dangerous substances.

(b) The Department may:

(1) arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of dangerous substances;

(2) coordinate and cooperate in training programs on dangerous substance law enforcement at the local and State levels;

(3) eradicate wild or unlawfully grown plants from which controlled dangerous substances may be extracted; and

(4) cooperate with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration by establishing a centralized unit that will:

(i) accept, catalogue, file, and collect statistics obtained from law-enforcement units, including records of drug dependent persons convicted of drug crimes and of other offenders who violate dangerous substance laws in the State; and

(ii) make the statistics available for federal, State, and local law-enforcement purposes.