Top Union City, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
809 Montgomery Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
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1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
870 Market Street, Suite 820, San Francisco, CA 94102
3650 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 225, Lafayette, CA 94549
1 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA 94111
101 California St, Suite 3200, San Francisco, CA 94111
620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
1875 S Grant St, Suite 925, San Mateo, CA 94402
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
1100 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
1 Post St, Suite 2800, San Francisco, CA 94104
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
1164 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
1934 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
605 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
One Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
475 14th Street, Suite 500, Oakland, CA 94612
630 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Suite 200, Danville, CA 94526
1211 Embarcadero,, Suite 210, Oakland, CA 94606
2300 Contra Costa Blvd, Suite 500, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
1990 N California Blvd, 8th Floor, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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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