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2010 Main Street, Suite 500, Irvine, CA 92614
15300 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 300, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
3525 Hyland Ave, Suite 270, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
800 West 6th Street, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90017
360 E 1st St, Suite 716, Tustin, CA 92780
515 Flower St, Suite 3300, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2054
1 World Trade Center, Suite 2575, Long Beach, CA 90831
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1601 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 290, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
100 Spectrum Center Dr, Suite 904, Irvine, CA 92618
333 City Blvd. West, Suite 1700, Orange, CA 92868
6850 Lincoln Ave, Suite 200, Buena Park, CA 90620
400 Continental Blvd, 6th Floor, El Segundo, CA 90245
490 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
17011 Beach Blvd, Suite 900, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
675 N Euclid St, Ste 301, Anaheim, CA 92801
2029 Century Park East, Suite #400, Los Angeles, CA 90067
15250 Ventura Blvd, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 91403
303 N Glenoaks Blvd, Suite 220, Burbank, CA 91502
14401 Sylvan St, Suite 100, Van Nuys, CA 91401
9100 Wilshire Bouelvard, Suite 220 W, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
4675 MacArthur Ct, Suite 900, Newport Beach, CA 92660
11900 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90064
2009 N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92706
400 Continental Blvd, Suite 600, El Segundo, CA 90245
2321 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 5200, El Segundo, CA 90245
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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