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11400 W Olympic Blvd, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90064
5160 Birch St., Ste. 210, Newport Beach, CA 92660
5325 Newcastle Avenue, Suite 345, Encino, CA 91316
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Universal City, CA
620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1100, Newport Beach, CA 92660
8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 440, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
3460 Wilshire Boulevard #800, Los Angeles, CA 90010
357 West 2nd Street, Suite 12, San Bernardino, CA 92401
777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3800, Los Angeles, CA 90017
11755 Wilshire Blvd., 15th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025
350 South Grand Avenue, 50th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071-3426
777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 4000, Los Angeles, CA 90017
100 Oceangate, 12th Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802
2800 28th Street, Suite 321, Santa Monica, CA 90405-6201
400 Oceangate, Suite 700, Long Beach, CA 90802
5150 East Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 200, Long Beach, CA 90804
4100 Newport Place, Suite 620, Newport Beach, CA 92660
77564A Country Club Dr #118, Palm Desert, CA 92211
16000 Ventura Blvd, Suite 1208, Encino, CA 91436
468 North Camden Drive, Suite 226, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
2530 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90403
777 South Figueroa Street, 34th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
555 West Fifth, 31st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013
333 S. Hope Street, 40th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
9233 W. Pico Blvd., Suite 218, Los Angeles, CA 90035
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Universal 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