PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 14

(1) "Opiate" shall mean any substance having an addiction-forming or
addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a
drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. It does not include,
unless specifically designated as controlled under § 278 of this [subheading]
SUBHEADING, the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methyl-morphinan and its salts
(dextromethorphan). It does include its racemic and levorotatory forms; and "opium
poppy" which shall mean the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except the
seeds thereof, and "poppy straw" which shall mean all parts, except the seeds, of the
opium poppy, after mowing; and "coca leaves" which shall mean cocaine, its optical and
geometric isomers, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or
preparation of coca leaves, except derivatives of coca leaves which do not contain cocaine,
ecgonine or substances from which cocaine or ecgonine may be synthesized or made;

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Omitted comma in Article 27, § 277(q)(l).

Occurred: Ch. 493, Acts of 1971.

291A.

(a) In this section "firearm" includes:

(1) Handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, and
short-barreled rifle, as those terms are defined in § 36F of this article;

[(2) Pistol, revolver, and antique pistol or revolver, as those terms are
defined in § 441 of this article;

(3) Assault weapon, as defined in § 481E of this article; and]

[(4)] (2) Machine gun, as defined in § 372 of this article; AND

(3) REGULATED FIREARM, AS DEFINED IN § 441 OF THIS ARTICLE.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Obsolete terminology in Article 27, § 291A(a).

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 561 and 562, Acts of 1996.

296.

It is hereby made the duty of the Department and those of its officers, agents,
inspectors and representatives who are so designated by the Secretary of the Department
and of all police officers and State's Attorneys within the State to enforce all provisions of
this subheading, except those specifically delegated, and to cooperate with all agencies
charged with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, of this State and of any
political subdivision of this State and of all other states or political subdivisions thereof
relating to controlled dangerous substances. To this end, the Department is authorized
to:

(3) Cooperate with the federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
by establishing a centralized unit which will accept, catalogue, file, and collect statistics

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