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214 Duboce Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103
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50 California St, Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111
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350 Townsend St, Suite 409, San Francisco, CA 94107
600 Allerton St, Ste 202G, Redwood City, CA 94063
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1100 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111
601 Montgomery Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
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235 Montgomery St, Suite 905, San Francisco, CA 94104
44 Montgomery Street, 36th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
600 Allerton St., Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
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1010 Grayson Street, Suite 2, Berkeley, CA 94710
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3850, San Francisco, CA 94104
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Larkspur 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