Top Woodside, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
214 Duboce Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103
255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520, Redwood City, CA 94065
1 Post St, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94104
44 Montgomery St, 38th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
877 Bryant St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103
650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
600 Allerton St, Ste 202G, Redwood City, CA 94063
101 2nd St, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94105
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100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
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809 Montgomery Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
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601 Montgomery Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111
580 California St, Suite 1420, San Francisco, CA 94104
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
1100 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111
620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
5776 Stoneridge Mall Rd., Suite 390, Pleasanton, CA 94588
1000 Brannan St, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103
345 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
44 Montgomery Street, 36th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
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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