§ 5-201
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§5–201.
(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.