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1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
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255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
840 Hinckley Road, Suite 101, Burlingame, CA 94010
423 Washington Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94111
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315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
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601 Montgomery St, Suite 1925, San Francisco, CA 94111
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One Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
475 14th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612
245 Fifth Street, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94103
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
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11700 Dublin Blvd Ste 240, Dublin, CA 94568
630 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Suite 200, Danville, CA 94526
461 Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA 94070
3060 Kerner Blvd, Ste A, San Rafael, CA 94901
345 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
1 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111
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Drug Possession
Drug possession is the illegal possession of a controlled substance. Essentially, to be convicted of a drug possession charge, you knowingly must have a controlled substance in your possession or within your proximity, like storing it in your vehicle. Drug possession can also include having a device used for the consumption of a controlled substance. This is a criminal offense under both California state law as well as federal law.
Types of Drug Possession Charges
Sometimes drug possession is referred to as actual possession or “constructive” possession, meaning that an individual knowingly has access to and control of a controlled substance but it is not on the person. Some common ways for constructive possession occur is when a person knowingly stores an illegal controlled substance in their car or at their home. Possessing a smaller quantity of a controlled substance for personal use is commonly known as “simple possession.“
What Is A Controlled Substance?
Federal law as well as state law determines the severity of drug possession charges based on the type of drug and divides them into different “schedules.” Each schedule is based on the potential for dependency and abuse. This sliding scale of schedules starts with Schedule V drugs, having the lowest risk, and increases in severity up to Schedule I, posing the most severe risk.
- Schedule I: Heroin, ecstasy, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana, peyote
- Schedule II: Methamphetamine, cocaine, morphine, methadone, phencyclidine (PCP), fentanyl
- Schedule III: Anabolic steroids, ketamine, barbiturates, testosterone, Tylenol with codeine
- Schedule IV: Valium, Xanax, Tramadol
- Schedule V: Other unlawfully obtained prescription drugs and cough medicines like Robitussin with codeine