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333 City Blvd W, 17th Floor, Orange, CA 92868
3435 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 107-50, Santa Monica, CA 90405
400 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90071
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444 South Flower Street, Suite 4100, Los Angeles, CA 90071
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643 South Second Avenue, Suite B, Covina, CA 91723
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215 S Robertson Blvd, Suite 233, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
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1730 W Cameron Ave, Suite 200, West Covina, CA 91790
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360 E 2nd St, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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555 West 5th Street, 31st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013
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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