Top Half Moon Bay, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1736 Stockton Street, Maybeck Building Four, San Francisco, CA 94133
1970 Broadway, Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612
600 Allerton Street, Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
825 Page St, Berkeley, CA 94710
50 California St, Ste 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111
201 Spear Street, Suite 1198, San Francisco, CA 94105
350 Townsend St, Suite 306 & 307, San Francisco, CA 94107
851 Burlway Rd., Suite 609, Burlingame, CA 94010
1020 B St, San Rafael, CA 94901
1511 Sycamore Ave, Ste. M #246, Hercules, CA 94547
11844 Dublin Blvd, Suite A, Dublin, CA 94568
1875 S Grant St, Suite 925, San Mateo, CA 94402
150 California St, 15th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
201 Spear Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94105
1211 Embarcadero,, Suite 210, Oakland, CA 94606
4040 Civic Center Dr, Suite 200, San Rafael, CA 94903
1 Kaiser Plz, Ordway Building 1, Suite 2300, Oakland, CA 94612
1766 18th Street Suite A, San Francisco, CA 94107
255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
1600 S. Main Street, Suite 195, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
555 California St, Suite 4925, San Francisco, CA 94104
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
101 California Street, Suite 4100, San Francisco, CA 94111
2006 Kala Bagai Wy, Suite 16, Berkeley, CA 94704
100 Marine Pkwy, Suite 300, Redwood City, CA 94065
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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