Top Half Moon Bay, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
Airport Corporate Center, #1120, 7677 Oak Port Street, San Francisco, CA 94621
214 Duboce Ave., San Francisco, CA 94103
2332 Webster St, San Francisco, CA 94115
505 Montgomery Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
1111 Broadway, Suite 2150, Oakland, CA 94607
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, 24th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
550 California Street, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94104
1330 Broadway, Suite 1530, Oakland, CA 94612
600 Allerton Ave, 2nd Floor, Redwood City, Ca 94063
300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94104
1302 El Camino Real, Suite 175, Menlo Park, CA 94025
461 Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA 94070
11700 Dublin Blvd Ste 240, Dublin, CA 94568
50 California St, Suite 2750, San Francisco, CA 94111
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
3060 Kerner Blvd, Ste A, San Rafael, CA 94901
605 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
819 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109
803 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
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655 Redwood Highway, Suite 277, Mill Valley, CA 94941
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
101 2nd St, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
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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