Top San Mateo, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
550 California Street, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94104
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
415 Mission St, Suite 5400, San Francisco, CA 94105
650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
101 2nd St, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
535 Mission St, 25th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94105
1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
300 Broadway, Suite 12, San Francisco, CA 94133
600 Allerton Ave, 2nd Floor, Redwood City, Ca 94063
660 El Camino Real, Suite 214, Millbrae, CA 94030
1 Post St, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94104
255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520, Redwood City, CA 94065
1061 Eastshore Hwy, Suite 202, Berkeley, CA 94710
461 Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA 94070
3311 Mission St, Suite 187, San Francisco, CA 94110
600 Allerton St, Ste 202G, Redwood City, CA 94063
28 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103
3060 Kerner Blvd, Ste A, San Rafael, CA 94901
11700 Dublin Blvd Ste 240, Dublin, CA 94568
201 North Civic Drive, Suite 225, Walnut Creek, CA 94507
214 Duboce Ave., San Francisco, CA 94103
2332 Webster St, San Francisco, CA 94115
580 California St, Suite 1420, San Francisco, CA 94104
San Mateo 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