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1800 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028
11755 Wilshire Boulevard, 15th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025
553 S Marengo Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
515 S. Flower St, Suite 3500, Los Angeles, CA 90071
3450 Cahuenga Blvd, Suite 102, Los Angeles, CA 90068
515 Flower St, Suite 3300, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2054
5000 Birch St, Suite 3000, Newport Beach, CA 92660
550 South Hope Street, Suite 2400, Los Angeles, CA 90071
5015 Birch Street, Suite 107, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Palos Verdes Estates, CA
19200 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 600, Irvine, CA 92612
100 N Barranca St, Suite 720, West Covina, CA 91766
4505 Allstate Dr, Suite 102, Riverside, CA 92501
Two California Plaza, Suite 3100, 350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071
65 North Raymond Avenue, Ste 320, Pasadena, CA 91103
644 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
333 City Blvd. West, Suite 1700, Orange, CA 92868
5160 Birch St., Ste. 210, Newport Beach, CA 92660
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620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1100, Newport Beach, CA 92660
8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 440, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
357 West 2nd Street, Suite 12, San Bernardino, CA 92401
777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3800, Los Angeles, CA 90017
100 Oceangate, 12th Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Palos Verdes Estates, CA
5325 Newcastle Avenue, Suite 345, Encino, CA 91316
11900 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90064
11400 W Olympic Blvd, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Palos Verdes Estates 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