Top Portola Valley, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
50 California St, Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111
555 Mission Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94105
1330 Broadway, Suite 1530, Oakland, CA 94612
1100 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111
870 Market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94102
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1350, Oakland, CA 94612
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
646 24th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121
425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
456 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
201 Spear Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94105
101 California St, Suite 4750, San Francisco, CA 94111-5872
203 Redwood Shores Pwky, Ste 450, Redwood City, CA 94065
135 Main Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
4 Embarcadero, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111
601 Montgomery St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94111
1 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111
560 Mission Street, 27th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-2907
1111 Broadway, Suite 2150, Oakland, CA 94607
870 Market Street, Suite 1151, San Francisco, CA 94102
24301 Southland Drive, Suite 21, Hayward, CA 94545
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
PO Box 9536, San Rafael, CA 94912
1401 Willow Pass Road, Suite 700, Concord, CA 94520
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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