Top Oakland, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1901 Harrison Street, Suite 1100, Oakland, CA 94612
154 Baker St, San Francisco, CA 94117
1801 Oakland Blvd, Suite 370, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
300 Broadway, Suite 12, San Francisco, CA 94133
1211 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606
4330 Redwood Hwy., Suite 350, San Rafael, CA 94903
555 California St, Suite 4925, San Francisco, CA 94104
255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
456 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
1600 S. Main Street, Suite 195, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1350, Oakland, CA 94612
660 El Camino Real, Suite 214, Millbrae, CA 94030
1061 Eastshore Hwy, Suite 202, Berkeley, CA 94710
214 Duboce Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103
3 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
825 Page St, Berkeley, CA 94710
4 Embarcadero, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111
45 Fremont St, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
201 Spear Street, Suite 1198, San Francisco, CA 94105
525 Market St, 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
870 Market Street, Suite 1151, San Francisco, CA 94102
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3850, San Francisco, CA 94104
350 Townsend St, Suite 409, San Francisco, CA 94107
2672 Appian Way, Pinole, CA 94564
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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