Top Concord, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
217 Leidesdorff St, San Francisco, CA 94111
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200-D, Orinda, CA 94563
1934 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
600 Allerton St., Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1350, Oakland, CA 94612
4040 Civic Center Dr., Suite 200, San Rafael, CA 94903
1010 Grayson Street, Suite 2, Berkeley, CA 94710
4330 Redwood Hwy., Suite 350, San Rafael, CA 94903
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3850, San Francisco, CA 94104
388 Market St, Suite 1000, San Francisco, CA 94111
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
1333 N California Blvd, Suite 220, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
1211 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606
1 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA 94111
11844 Dublin Blvd, Suite A, Dublin, CA 94568
1020 Aileen St, Lafayette, CA 94549
1211 Embarcadero,, Suite 210, Oakland, CA 94606
456 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
605 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
1766 18th Street Suite A, San Francisco, CA 94107
1990 N California Blvd, 8th Floor, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
1388 Sutter St, Suite 805, San Francisco, CA 94109
1 Kaiser Plz, Ordway Building 1, Suite 2300, Oakland, CA 94612
2006 Kala Bagai Wy, Suite 16, Berkeley, CA 94704
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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