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235 Pine Street, Suite 2300, San Francisco, CA 94104
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1600 S. Main Street, Suite 195, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
555 California St, Suite 4925, San Francisco, CA 94104
255 Kansas Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
135 Main Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
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601 Montgomery St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94111
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620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
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870 Market Street, Suite 1151, San Francisco, CA 94102
50 California Street, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
1010 Grayson Street, Suite 2, Berkeley, CA 94710
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1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
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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