Top Walnut Creek, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1 Front Street, Suite 3200, San Francisco, CA 94111
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
415 Mission St, Suite 5400, San Francisco, CA 94105
3650 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 225, Lafayette, CA 94549
101 California St, Suite 3200, San Francisco, CA 94111
1020 Aileen St, Lafayette, CA 94549
2 Commercial Blvd, Suite 200B, Novato, CA 94949
1211 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606
1 Sansome Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104
1 Post St, Suite 2800, San Francisco, CA 94104
1934 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
1164 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
1 Kaiser Plz, Ordway Building 1, Suite 2300, Oakland, CA 94612
605 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
1766 18th Street Suite A, San Francisco, CA 94107
870 Market Street, Suite 1151, San Francisco, CA 94102
550 California Street, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94104
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1210, Oakland, CA 94612
PO Box 7403, Berkeley, CA 94707
214 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
PO Box 9536, San Rafael, CA 94912
345 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
505 Montgomery St, 13th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
420 Third St, Suite 250, Oakland, CA 94607
1333 North California Boulevard, Suite 450, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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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