Top San Mateo, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
350 Townsend St, Suite 306 & 307, San Francisco, CA 94107
1841 Fourth St, Suite D, Livermore, CA 94550-3126
2309 Noriega St, # 46, San Francisco, CA 94122
421 Grand Avenue, Suite A, South San Francisco, CA 94080
4 Embarcadero, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111
166 Geary St, Suite 1500 #2658, San Francisco, CA 94108
6379 Clark Avenue, Suite 220, Dublin, CA 94568
101 Lucas Valley Road, Suite 262, San Rafael, CA 94903
45 Fremont St, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
1164 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
33753 Quail Run Rd, Fremont, CA 94555
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
1 Kaiser Plz, Ordway Building 1, Suite 2300, Oakland, CA 94612
600 Montgomery St, Suite 2300, San Francisco, CA 94111
2006 Kala Bagai Wy, Suite 16, Berkeley, CA 94704
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
1766 18th Street Suite A, San Francisco, CA 94107
2672 Appian Way, Pinole, CA 94564
388 Market St, Suite 1000, San Francisco, CA 94111
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3850, San Francisco, CA 94104
350 Townsend St, Suite 306 & 307, San Francisco, CA 94107
11844 Dublin Blvd, Suite A, Dublin, CA 94568
701 Escobar Street, Suite, D, Martinez, CA 94553
1 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA 94111
150 California St, 15th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
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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