Top Lafayette, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
415 Mission St, Suite 5600, San Francisco, CA 94105
575 Market St, Suite 2500, San Francisco, CA 94105
840 Hinckley Road, Suite 101, Burlingame, CA 94010
214 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
2100 Embarcadero, Suite 204, Oakland, CA 94606
50 California St, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111
650 5th St, Suite 508, San Francisco, CA 94107
201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
600 Allerton Ave, 2nd Floor, Redwood City, Ca 94063
717 Washington St, Floor 2, Oakland, CA 94607
101 California Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA 94111
737 Tehama Street, No. 3, San Francisco, CA 94103
825 Page St, Berkeley, CA 94710
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
101 2nd St, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
101 California Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94111
650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1210, Oakland, CA 94612
535 Mission St, 25th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94105
201 Spear Street, Suite 1198, San Francisco, CA 94105
The Orrick Building, 405 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-2669
350 Townsend St, Suite 409, San Francisco, CA 94107
1 Post St, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94104
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 806, Oakland, CA 94612
601 Montgomery Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111
Lafayette Drug Possession Information
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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