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650 Town Center Drive, Suite 700, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
17138 Bellflower Blvd, PO Box 4532, Whittier, CA 90605
1 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 401, Pasadena, CA 91105-1945
2390 E Orangewood Ave, Suite 530, Anaheim, CA 92806
500 N. State College Blvd., Suite 1100, Orange, CA 92868
825 Wilshire Blvd. 109, Santa Monica, CA 90401
400 Continental Blvd, 6th Floor, El Segundo, CA 90245
1108 Sartori Ave, Suite 320, Torrance, CA 90501
15260 Ventura Blvd, Penthouse 2200, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
3731 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 514, Los Angeles, CA 90010
865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
840 Apollo St, Suite 100, El Segundo, CA 90245
21133 Victory Blvd, Canoga Park, CA 91303
1730 W Cameron Ave, Suite 200, West Covina, CA 91790
7462 North Figueroa Street, Suite 201, Los Angeles, CA 90041
16624 Linda Terrace, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
15910 Venutra Blvd, Suite 1030, Encino, CA 91436
1717 Fourth Street, Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA 90401
35 N Lake Ave, Suite 710, Pasadena, CA 91101
360 Fowling St, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
6A Liberty Street, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
16580 Harbor Blvd, Suite K, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
360 E 2nd St, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012
10900 E 183rd St, Suite 171 D, Cerritos, CA 90703
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Orange County 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