Top Kensington, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
2831 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94104
3661 Grand Avenue, Suite 205, Oakland, CA 94610
809 Montgomery Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
605 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
155 Montgomery St, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94104
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
5776 Stoneridge Mall Rd., Suite 390, Pleasanton, CA 94588
1 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
135 Main Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
44 Montgomery Street, 36th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200-D, Orinda, CA 94563
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
50 California St, Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111
560 Mission Street, 27th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-2907
4040 Civic Center Dr., Suite 200, San Rafael, CA 94903
50 California Street, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
1010 Grayson Street, Suite 2, Berkeley, CA 94710
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
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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