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1000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1750, Los Angeles, CA 90017
14401 Sylvan St, Suite 100, Van Nuys, CA 91401
350 S Grand Ave, Suite 3550, Los Angeles, CA 90071
21515 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 200, Torrance, CA 90503
201 N Brand Blvd, Suite 200, Glendale, CA 91203
515 Flower St, Suite 3300, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2054
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Los Angeles, CA 90071
155 N Lake Ave, Suite 800, Pasadena, CA 91101
433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
4675 MacArthur Ct, Suite 900, Newport Beach, CA 92660
427 N Canon Dr, Suite 212, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
660 S Figueroa St, Suite 1888, Los Angeles, CA 90017
3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1730, Los Angeles, CA 90010
9042 Garfield Ave, Suite 101, Huntington Beach, CA 92646
1440 N Harbor Blvd, Suite 900, Fullerton, CA 92835
4425 Jamboree Rd, Suite 270, Newport Beach, CA 92660
6300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 810, Los Angeles, CA 90048
5160 Birch St., Ste. 210, Newport Beach, CA 92660
500 N Central Ave, 650, Glendale, CA 91203
3711 Long Beach Blvd, Suite 4057, #1206, Long Beach, CA 90807
65 North Raymond Avenue, Ste 320, Pasadena, CA 91103
1801 Century Park E, Suite 1050, Los Angeles, CA 90067
644 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
2 Park Plaza, Ste 1250, Irvine, CA 92614
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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