Top Larkspur, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
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300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94104
605 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
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350 Townsend St, Suite 306 & 307, San Francisco, CA 94107
507 Polk Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94102
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
605 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
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166 Geary St, Suite 1500 #2658, San Francisco, CA 94108
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1736 Stockton Street, Maybeck Building Four, San Francisco, CA 94133
1970 Broadway, Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612
1 Kaiser Plz, Ordway Building 1, Suite 2300, Oakland, CA 94612
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96 Jessie St, San Francisco, CA 94105
333 Bradford St, Suite 190, Redwood City, CA 94063
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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