Top Union City, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
100 Pine St, Suite 3100, San Francisco, CA 94111
101 California Street, Suite 4100, San Francisco, CA 94111
Pier 9, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111
601 Marshall Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
525 Market St, 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
350 Townsend St, Suite 409, San Francisco, CA 94107
560 Mission St, Suite 1900, San Francisco, CA 94105
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1450, San Francisco, CA 94111
1555 Botelho Dr, Suite 149, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
100 Pringle Ave, Suite 750, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
555 Mission Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94105
870 Market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94102
646 24th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121
1020 Aileen St, Lafayette, CA 94549
1 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111
203 Redwood Shores Pwky, Ste 450, Redwood City, CA 94065
135 Main Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
870 Market Street, Suite 1151, San Francisco, CA 94102
1640 Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA 94070
1111 Broadway, Suite 2150, Oakland, CA 94607
840 Hinckley Road, Suite 101, Burlingame, CA 94010
214 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
800 Oak Grove Ave, Suite 250, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Union City Drug Possession Information
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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