Top Livermore, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
535 Mission St, 25th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94105
333 Bradford St, Suite 190, Redwood City, CA 94063
233 Sansome Street, Suite 706, San Francisco, CA 94104
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990 Industrial Road Suite 209, San Carlos, CA 94070
260 California Street, Suite 1002, San Francisco, CA 94111
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255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520, Redwood City, CA 94065
1970 Broadway, Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
1736 Stockton Street, Maybeck Building Four, San Francisco, CA 94133
45 Fremont St, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
96 Jessie St, San Francisco, CA 94105
1010 Grayson Street, Suite 1, Berkeley, CA 94710
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
505 Montgomery St, 13th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
1 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA 94111
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44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3850, San Francisco, CA 94104
214 Duboce Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103
388 Market St, Suite 1000, 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