Top Fremont, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1000 Fourth St., Suite 425, San Rafael, CA 94901
1164 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
1934 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
1801 Oakland Blvd, Suite 370, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
154 Baker St, San Francisco, CA 94117
1101 Marina Village, Parkway Suite 201, Alameda, CA 94501
1766 18th Street Suite A, San Francisco, CA 94107
201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
600 Allerton St., Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
990 Industrial Road Suite 209, San Carlos, CA 94070
217 Leidesdorff St, San Francisco, CA 94111
233 Sansome Street, Suite 706, San Francisco, CA 94104
803 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710
260 California Street, Suite 1002, San Francisco, CA 94111
3223 Webster St, San Francisco, CA 94103
2831 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609
255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520, Redwood City, CA 94065
2431 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
1 Kaiser Plz, Ordway Building 1, Suite 2300, Oakland, CA 94612
Pier 9 Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111
345 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4427
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111
650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
526 3rd St, Ste A-2, San Rafael, CA 94901
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
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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