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Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Huntington Beach, CA
3200 Park Center Dr, Suite 600, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
3838 Carson Street, Suite 310, Torrance, CA 90503
333 City Blvd W, Suite 1742, Orange, CA 92868
10880 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1600, Los Angeles, CA 90024
2522 Chambers Road #V213, Tustin, CA 9278092780
355 S Grand Ave, Suite 2850, Los Angeles, CA 90071
5 Park Plaza, Suite 1400, Irvine, CA 92614
6565 Sunset Blvd., Suite 410, Los Angeles, CA 90028
333 S Grand Ave, Suite 3400, Los Angeles, CA 90071
1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite #500, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
18411 Crenshaw Blvd, Suite 120, Torrance, CA 90504
1100 Town and Country Rd., Suite 500, Orange, CA 92868
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Huntington Beach, CA
5440 Trabuco Rd, Irvine, CA 92620
555 South Flower Street, 31st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
1278 Glenneyre St, #121, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
1 MacArthur Place, Suite 200, Santa Ana, CA 92707
388 Cordova Street, Suite 100C, Pasadena, CA 91101
6131 Orangethorpe Ave, Suite 370, Buena Park, CA 90620
1300 Bristol St. N., Suite 100, Newport Beach, CA 92660
2030 Main Street, Suite 1300, Irvine, CA 92614
1055 West 7th Street, 33rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
4350 Von Karman Ave, 4th FL, Newport Beach, CA 92660
22982 La Cadena Dr, Suite 239, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
707 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 3800, Los Angeles, CA 90017
2900 Birch Street, Suite C204, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
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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