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PO Box 9536, San Rafael, CA 94912
1401 Willow Pass Road, Suite 700, Concord, CA 94520
PO Box 7403, Berkeley, CA 94707
2765 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
100 Marine Pkwy, Suite 300, Redwood City, CA 94065
214 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
800 Oak Grove Ave, Suite 250, Menlo Park, CA 94025
154 Baker St, San Francisco, CA 94117
1101 Marina Village, Parkway Suite 201, Alameda, CA 94501
1801 Oakland Blvd, Suite 370, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
2950 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
649 Main St, Suite 103, Box 207, Martinez, CA 94553
1990 N California Blvd, 8th Floor, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
548 Market St, Suite 95752, San Francisco, CA 94104
2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 315, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
2 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94111-3821
605 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
819 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109
803 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
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655 Redwood Highway, Suite 277, Mill Valley, CA 94941
300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94104
5 Woodleaf Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94061
1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612
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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