Top Piedmont, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
6689 Owens Drive, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA 94588
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
155 Sansome Street, Ste 700, San Francisco, CA 94104
1990 N California Blvd, 8th Floor, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105
1020 Aileen St, Lafayette, CA 94549
1857 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103
555 Mission Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94105
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
333 Twin Dolphin Dr, Suite 700, Redwood City, CA 94065
300 Broadway, Suite 12, San Francisco, CA 94133
11844 Dublin Blvd, Suite A, Dublin, CA 94568
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
333 Bradford St, Suite 170, Redwood City, CA 94063
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
3311 Mission St, Suite 187, San Francisco, CA 94110
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1450, San Francisco, CA 94111
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
1 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111
550 California Street, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94104
135 Main Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200-D, Orinda, CA 94563
PO Box 7403, Berkeley, CA 94707
214 Duboce Ave., San Francisco, CA 94103
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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