Maryland Criminal Law 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.