Top Daly City, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
555 Mission Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94105
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505 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
605 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
1 Market St, Steuart Tower, Suite 1070, San Francisco, CA 94105
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
1 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111
135 Main Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
317 Washington St., Suite 237, Oakland, CA 94607
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Pier 9, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111
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600 Allerton St, Ste 202G, Redwood City, CA 94063
1966 Tice Valley Blvd, Suite 189, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
245 Fifth Street, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94103
45 Fremont St, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
1990 N. California Blvd.,, Suite 830, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
350 Townsend St, Suite 409, San Francisco, CA 94107
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3850, San Francisco, CA 94104
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Daly City Drug Possession Information
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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