Top Piedmont, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
803 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
1000 Brannan Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103
333 Bradford Street, Suite 130, Redwood City, CA 94063
1196 Boulevard Way, Suite 20, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
1999 Harrison St, Suite 1800, Oakland, CA 94612
22762 Main St, Hayward, CA 94541
100 Pine St, Suite 3100, San Francisco, CA 94111
214 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
PO Box 7403, Berkeley, CA 94707
737 Tehama Street, No. 3, San Francisco, CA 94103
PO Box 9536, San Rafael, CA 94912
100 Marine Pkwy, Suite 300, Redwood City, CA 94065
739 Calmar Avenue, 11th FL, Oakland, CA 94610
101 California St, Suite 4750, San Francisco, CA 94111-5872
2175 North California Boulevard, Suite 600, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
1333 North California Boulevard, Suite 450, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
2 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94111-3821
3640 Grand Ave, Suite 211, Oakland, CA 94610
555 Mission Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94105
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
885 Bryant St, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
2300 Contra Costa Blvd, Suite 500, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
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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