Top San Mateo, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
234 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
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2 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94111-3821
315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
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701 Escobar Street, Suite, D, Martinez, CA 94553
11844 Dublin Blvd, Suite A, Dublin, CA 94568
1875 S Grant St, Suite 925, San Mateo, CA 94402
555 California Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94104
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385 Grand Avenue, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94610
333 Bradford St, Suite 170, Redwood City, CA 94063
555 Mission Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94105-2933
650 Live Oak Avenue, Suite 300, Menlo Park, CA 94025-4885
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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