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475 14th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612
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44 Montgomery Street, 36th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
560 Mission St, Suite 1900, San Francisco, CA 94105
235 Montgomery St, Suite 905, San Francisco, CA 94104
3 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
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525 Market St, 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
50 California St, Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111
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333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
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1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
535 Mission St, 25th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94105
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255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520, Redwood City, CA 94065
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
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1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
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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