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767 North Hill Street, Suite 106, Los Angeles, CA 90012
650 Town Center, Suite 1400, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
41319 12th Street West, Suite 101, Palmdale, CA 93551
680 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101
1901 Avenue of The Stars, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90067
405 N Maclay Ave, Suite 203, San Fernando, CA 91340
9595 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
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16501 Venutra Boulevard, Floor 4, Encino, CA 91436
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90067
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100 Spectrum Center Dr, Suite 904, Irvine, CA 92618
21515 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 200, Torrance, CA 90503
31750 Railroad Canyon Rd, Ste 200, Canyon Lake, CA 92587
1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067
777 South Figueroa Street, 34th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
18377 Beach Blvd, Suite 323, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
1440 N. Harbor Blvd, Suite 260, Fullerton, CA 92835
3500 West Olive Ave, Suite 300, Burbank, CA 91505
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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