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550 South Hope Street, Suite 2400, Los Angeles, CA 90071
840 Apollo St, Suite 100, El Segundo, CA 90245
360 Fowling St, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90067
16580 Harbor Blvd, Suite K, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
633 West 5th Street, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
2530 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90403
468 North Camden Drive, Suite 226, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
801 S Figueroa St, Suite 950, Los Angeles, CA 90017
360 E 2nd St, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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333 City Blvd W, 17th Floor, Orange, CA 92868
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11500 W Olympic Blvd, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90064
466 Foothill Blvd, #430, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
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12616 Central Ave, Chino, CA 91710
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750 East Green Street, Suite 204, Pasadena, CA 91104
200 S Garfield Ave, Ste 103, Alhambra, CA 91801
724 S Spring St, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90014
450 N Brand Blvd, Suite 600, Glendale, CA 91203
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Pacific Palisades 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