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12400 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90025
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6080 Center Drive, Suite 652, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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350 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071
400 N. Tustin Ave., Suite 370, Santa Ana, CA 92705
65 North Raymond Avenue, Suite 320, Pasadena, CA 91103
4425 Jamboree Rd, Suite 270, Newport Beach, CA 92660
9042 Garfield Ave, Suite 101, Huntington Beach, CA 92646
17291 Irvine Blvd, Suite 261, Tustin, CA 92780
1440 N Harbor Blvd, Suite 900, Fullerton, CA 92835
15760 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1600, Encino, CA 91436
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633 West 5th Street, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
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5850 Canoga Ave, Suite 400, Woodland Hills, CA 91367-6554
515 S. Flower St, Suite 3500, Los Angeles, CA 90071
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500 N Central Ave, 650, Glendale, CA 91203
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100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1300, Santa Monica, CA 90401
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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