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548 Market St, Suite 95752, San Francisco, CA 94104
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1111 Broadway, Suite 2150, Oakland, CA 94607
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101 California St, Suite 4750, San Francisco, CA 94111-5872
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
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1 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111
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214 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
840 Hinckley Road, Suite 101, Burlingame, CA 94010
50 California St, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111
2100 Embarcadero, Suite 204, Oakland, CA 94606
420 Third St, Suite 250, Oakland, CA 94607
345 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1350, Oakland, CA 94612
717 Washington St, Floor 2, Oakland, CA 94607
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3 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
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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