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633 West 5th Street, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
21550 Oxnard St, 3rd Floor, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
14900 Magnolia Blvd, Box Number 56747, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-1330
825 North Ross Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
34 Executive Park, Suite 210, Irvine, CA 92614
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1504 Brookhollow Drive, Suite 112, Santa Ana, CA 92705
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10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90067
11845 W Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90064
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10866 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1250, Los Angeles, CA 90024
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310 W 1st, Tustin, CA 92780
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1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 615, Los Angeles, CA 90067
6314 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 215, Van Nuys, CA 91401
18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1000, Irvine, CA 92612
17291 Irvine Blvd, Suite 261, Tustin, CA 92780
700 South Flower Street, Suite 1067, 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
16133 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1140, Encino, CA 91436
333 S. Hope Street, 40th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
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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