# Criminal Law (GCR)

## Title 5. Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances

### Subtitle 2. Powers and Responsibilities of Department

#### Section 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.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)