Top Sausalito, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
Pier 9, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111
803 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
456 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
217 Leidesdorff St, San Francisco, CA 94111
600 Allerton St., Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
101 California Street, Suite 4100, San Francisco, CA 94111
1970 Broadway, Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1350, Oakland, CA 94612
1736 Stockton Street, Maybeck Building Four, San Francisco, CA 94133
96 Jessie St, San Francisco, CA 94105
1010 Grayson Street, Suite 1, Berkeley, CA 94710
2672 Appian Way, Pinole, CA 94564
4 Embarcadero, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111
525 Market St, 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
385 Grand Avenue, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94610
560 Mission St, Suite 1900, San Francisco, CA 94105
155 Montgomery St, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94104
350 Townsend St, Suite 306 & 307, San Francisco, CA 94107
870 Market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94102
11844 Dublin Blvd, Suite A, Dublin, CA 94568
646 24th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121
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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