Top Daly City, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
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535 Mission St, 25th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94105
1766 18th Street Suite A, San Francisco, CA 94107
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201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
45 Fremont St, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
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345 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
601 Montgomery St, Suite 1925, San Francisco, CA 94111
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1966 Tice Valley Blvd, Suite 189, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
2014 Oakland Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
870 Market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94102
Pier 9, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111
646 24th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121
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50 California Street, 34th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
214 Duboce Ave., San Francisco, CA 94103
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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