Top Lafayette, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
555 California St, Suite 4925, San Francisco, CA 94104
255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
809 Montgomery Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
870 Market Street, Suite 820, San Francisco, CA 94102
475 14th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612
One Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
2358 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
1966 Tice Valley Blvd, Suite 189, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Pier 9, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111
1305 Franklin St, Suite 411, Oakland, CA 94612
3661 Grand Avenue, Suite 205, Oakland, CA 94610
2831 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94104
819 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109
605 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
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655 Redwood Highway, Suite 277, Mill Valley, CA 94941
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
803 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
1100 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor, 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