Top Woodside, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
600 Allerton St., Suite 201, Redwood City, CA 94063
2831 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
3661 Grand Avenue, Suite 205, Oakland, CA 94610
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
825 Page St, Berkeley, CA 94710
154 Baker St, San Francisco, CA 94117
201 Spear St, Ste 1199, San Francisco, CA 94105
1101 Marina Village, Parkway Suite 201, Alameda, CA 94501
201 Spear Street, Suite 1198, San Francisco, CA 94105
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111
345 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4427
526 3rd St, Ste A-2, San Rafael, CA 94901
877 Bryant St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103
3223 Webster St, San Francisco, CA 94123
1990 N. California Blvd.,, Suite 830, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
4330 Redwood Hwy., Suite 350, San Rafael, CA 94903
425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94111
1 Market St, Steuart Tower, Suite 1070, San Francisco, CA 94105
3650 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 225, Lafayette, CA 94549
620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
870 Market Street, Suite 820, San Francisco, CA 94102
605 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
95 3rd St, #2, San Francisco, CA 94103
Woodside Drug Possession Information
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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