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234 Church Street, 9th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510
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49 Leavenworth Street, Suite 200, Waterbury, CT 06702
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1 River Rd, Cos Cob, CT 06807
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108 Mill Plain Rd, Suite 222, Danbury, CT 06811
350 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06511
528 Clinton Avenue, PO Box 901, Bridgeport, CT 06601
21 Juniper Point Rd, PO Box 27, Branford, CT 06405
216 Crown Street, Suite 502, New Haven, CT 06510
195 Church St, 3rd Floor, New Haven, CT 06510
30 Main Street, Suite 204, Danbury, CT 06810
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203 Church Street, Suite 4, Naugatuck, CT 06770
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1960 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT 06517
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265 Golden Hill St, Bridgeport, CT 06604
208 Boston St, Guilford, CT 06437
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263 Tresser Boulevard, One Stamford Place, Suite 1400, Stamford, CT 06901
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Shelton 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 Connecticut 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