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44 Montgomery Street, 36th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
650 Live Oak Avenue, Suite 300, Menlo Park, CA 94025-4885
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200-D, Orinda, CA 94563
575 Market St, Suite 2500, San Francisco, CA 94105
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
50 California St, Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111
600 Allerton St., Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
535 Mission St, 25th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94105
201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
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1 Post St, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94104
255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520, Redwood City, CA 94065
650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
101 2nd St, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
1333 N California Blvd, Suite 220, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
1211 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606
217 Leidesdorff St, San Francisco, CA 94111
803 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710
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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