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475 14th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612
600 Allerton Ave, 2nd Floor, Redwood City, Ca 94063
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1 Post St, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94104
214 Duboce Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
660 El Camino Real, Suite 214, Millbrae, CA 94030
101 California Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA 94111
600 Allerton St, Ste 202G, Redwood City, CA 94063
3311 Mission St, Suite 187, San Francisco, CA 94110
601 Montgomery Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111
555 California St, Suite 4925, San Francisco, CA 94104
255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
1600 S. Main Street, Suite 195, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
580 California St, Suite 1420, San Francisco, CA 94104
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
2358 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
2300 Contra Costa Blvd, Suite 500, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
630 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Suite 200, Danville, CA 94526
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
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601 Montgomery St, Suite 350, 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