Top Daly City, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
Law Chambers Bldg, 345 Franklin St., San Francisco, CA 94102
635 Belvedere St, San Francisco, CA 94117
475 14th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612
One Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
823 Arguello St, Redwood City, CA 94063
220 Montgomery Street, 15th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
630 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Suite 200, Danville, CA 94526
155 Sansome Street, Ste 700, San Francisco, CA 94104
245 Fifth Street, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94103
809 Montgomery Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
1448 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
350 Townsend St, Suite 306 & 307, San Francisco, CA 94107
507 Polk Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94102
234 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
803 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
1000 Brannan Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103
601 Montgomery Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111
1196 Boulevard Way, Suite 20, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
1999 Harrison St, Suite 1800, Oakland, CA 94612
555 Mission Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94105
50 California St, Ste 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111
1407 Oakland Boulevard, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
2039 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 202, Berkeley, CA 94704
1875 S Grant St, Suite 925, San Mateo, CA 94402
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