Top Tara Hills, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
101 California St, Suite 3200, San Francisco, CA 94111
739 Calmar Avenue, 11th FL, Oakland, CA 94610
650 5th St, Suite 508, San Francisco, CA 94107
2100 Embarcadero, Suite 204, Oakland, CA 94606
50 California St, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111
1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612
737 Tehama Street, No. 3, San Francisco, CA 94103
2300 Contra Costa Blvd, Suite 500, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
809 Montgomery Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
475 14th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612
One Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
507 Polk Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94102
350 Townsend St, Suite 306 & 307, San Francisco, CA 94107
6379 Clark Avenue, Suite 220, Dublin, CA 94568
2672 Appian Way, Pinole, CA 94564
155 Sansome Street, Ste 700, San Francisco, CA 94104
217 Leidesdorff St, San Francisco, CA 94111
600 Allerton St., Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
713 Main Street, Martinez, CA 94553
803 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710
234 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
1448 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
601 Montgomery Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111
2 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94111-3821
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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