Top Bay Area, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 806, Oakland, CA 94612
526 3rd St, Ste A-2, San Rafael, CA 94901
877 Bryant St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103
1020 B St, San Rafael, CA 94901
50 California St, Suite 2750, San Francisco, CA 94111
1511 Sycamore Ave, Ste. M #246, Hercules, CA 94547
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
1302 El Camino Real, Suite 175, Menlo Park, CA 94025
601 Montgomery St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94111
155 Montgomery St, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94104
425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
2358 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
1101 Marina Village, Parkway Suite 201, Alameda, CA 94501
3650 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 225, Lafayette, CA 94549
2950 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
649 Main St, Suite 103, Box 207, Martinez, CA 94553
101 California St, Suite 4750, San Francisco, CA 94111-5872
620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
870 Market Street, Suite 820, San Francisco, CA 94102
235 Montgomery St, Suite 905, San Francisco, CA 94104
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
50 California St, Suite 3600, 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