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23 Corporate Plaza, Suite 150, Newport Beach, CA 92660
633 W 5th St, Suite 5850, Los Angeles, CA 90071
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 700, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
5150 East Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 200, Long Beach, CA 90804
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2800 28th Street, Suite 321, Santa Monica, CA 90405-6201
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15464 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
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2355 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
2665 Main St #210, Santa Monica, CA 90405 4054
2801 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 247, Santa Monica, CA 90405
11845 W Olympic Blvd, Suite 520, Los Angeles, CA 90064
2275 Huntington Dr # 902, San Marino, CA 91108 2640
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16000 Ventura Blvd, Suite 908, Encino, CA 91436
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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