Top Lafayette, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
50 California St, Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111
101 California Street, Suite 4100, San Francisco, CA 94111
560 Mission Street, 27th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-2907
1010 Grayson Street, Suite 2, Berkeley, CA 94710
50 California Street, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
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633 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
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2014 Oakland Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611
870 Market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94102
601 Montgomery St, Suite 1925, San Francisco, CA 94111
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PO Box 7220, Berkeley, CA 94707
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870 Market Street, Suite 1151, San Francisco, CA 94102
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333 Bradford Street, Suite 130, Redwood City, CA 94063
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50 California Street, 34th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
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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