Top Redwood City, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
3661 Grand Avenue, Suite 205, Oakland, CA 94610
2831 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
154 Baker St, San Francisco, CA 94117
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
1801 Oakland Blvd, Suite 370, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
1101 Marina Village, Parkway Suite 201, Alameda, CA 94501
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94104
601 Marshall Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
50 California St, Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111
3650 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 225, Lafayette, CA 94549
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
605 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
819 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109
803 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
5 Woodleaf Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94061
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Redwood City, CA
655 Redwood Highway, Suite 277, Mill Valley, CA 94941
601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite E-115, San Francisco, CA 94102
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
155 Montgomery St, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94104
235 Montgomery St, Suite 905, San Francisco, CA 94104
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
Redwood City 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