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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-201" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Powers and Responsibilities of Department">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>enforce the provisions of this title that are not specifically delegated; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>cooperate with each unit that enforces any federal, state, or local law relating to controlled dangerous substances.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of dangerous substances;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>coordinate and cooperate in training programs on dangerous substance law enforcement at the local and State levels;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>eradicate wild or unlawfully grown plants from which controlled dangerous substances may be extracted; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>cooperate with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration by establishing a centralized unit that will:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>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</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make the statistics available for federal, State, and local law-enforcement purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
