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9465 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 300, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
One World Trade Center, Suite 400, Long Beach, CA 90831
5200 North Irwindale Avenue, Suite 170, Irwindale, CA 91706
650 Town Center, Suite 1400, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
333 N Glenoaks Blvd, Suite 210, Burbank, CA 91502
975 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91106
16110 W Northfield St, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
23276 S Pointe Dr, Suite 216, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
100 Oceangate, 12th Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802
23621 Park Sorrento, Suite 101, Calabasas, CA 91302
333 West Broadway, Suite 200, Long Beach, CA 90802
610 E. Sierra Madre Ave., Glendora, CA 91741
11766 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 750, Los Angeles, CA 90025
2010 Main Street, Suite 500, Irvine, CA 92614
1 World Trade Center, Suite 2575, Long Beach, CA 90831
16152 Beach Blvd, Suite 280, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
41319 12th Street West, Suite 101, Palmdale, CA 93551
1410 Second Street, Suite 302, Santa Monica, CA 90404
600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1800, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
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601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3700, Los Angeles, CA 90017
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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