Top San Rafael, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
135 Main Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
3 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
50 California St, Suite 2750, San Francisco, CA 94111
601 Montgomery Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1900, San Francisco, CA 94111
1305 Franklin St, Suite 411, Oakland, CA 94612
415 Mission St, Suite 5400, San Francisco, CA 94105
1966 Tice Valley Blvd, Suite 189, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
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155 Montgomery St, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94104
425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
870 Market Street, Suite 820, San Francisco, CA 94102
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101 California St, Suite 4750, San Francisco, CA 94111-5872
620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
870 Market Street, Suite 1151, San Francisco, CA 94102
1111 Broadway, Suite 2150, Oakland, CA 94607
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PO Box 7403, Berkeley, CA 94707
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214 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
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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