Top Running Springs, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
90 Broad St, Suite 703, New York, NY 10004
3977 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 201, Fairfax, VA 22030
411 Main St, Suite 101, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
1205 East Washington St, Greenville, SC 29601
555 13th St NW, Suite 6W, Washington, DC 20004
310 Oak Street, PO Box 126, Kingman, AZ 86402-0126
225 E Church St, Jacksonville, FL 32202
PO Box 2663, Chapel Hill, NC 27515
16201 E. Indiana Avenue, Suite 1900, Spokane Valley, WA 99216-6031
3350 Riverwood Pkwy, Suite 1250, Atlanta, GA 30339
414 E. Oak Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524
95 West Elm Street, Brockton, MA 02301
1000 N. West St, Ste 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801
15 E. Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23219
53 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 756, Chicago, IL 60604
1013 Brown St, Peekskill, NY 10566
800 Main St, Ste 4A, Niagara Falls, NY 14301
200 E. Buffalo Street, 5th Floor, Ithaca, NY 14850
9200 E. Mineral Ave., Englewood, CO 80112
247 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Neenah, WI 54956
PO Box 25642, Seattle, WA 98165
204 N West St, Waukegan, IL 60085
128 S Broad St, PO Box 556, Carlinville, IL 62626
4900 Fournace Place, Suite 414, Bellaire, TX 77401
5150 E Pacific Coast Highway, 2nd Floor, Long Beach, CA 90804
Running Springs Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Running Springs
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Running Springs and checks their standing with California bar associations.
Our Verification Process and Criteria
Ample Experience
Attorneys must meet stringent qualifications and prove they practice in the area of law they’re verified in.
Good Standing
Be in good standing with their bar associations and maintain a clean disciplinary record.
Annual Review
Submit to an annual review to retain their Lead Counsel Verified status.
Client Commitment
Pledge to follow the highest quality client service and ethical standards.
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