Top Dania Beach, FL Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
66 W. Flagler St., Suite 900, Miami, FL 33130
1 West Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
2250 SW 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor, Miami, FL 33129
80 SW 8th Street, Suite 3000, Miami, FL 33130
633 Southeast 3rd Avenue #401, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
5850 Coral Ridge Drive, Suite 208, Coral Springs, FL 33076
10180 SW 71st Ave, Pinecrest, FL 33156
14 NE 1st Avenue, Suite C240, Miami, FL 33132-2431
9995 SW 72nd Street, Suite 204, Miami, FL 33173-4662
612 SE 5th Ave, Suite 3, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
514 NE 13th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
54 SW Boca Raton Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33432
3475 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33135
2850 Tigertail Ave, Suite 400, Miami, FL 33133
101 Southeast 10th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-1023
2 South Biscayne Blvd, Ste 3100, Miami, FL 33131
9458 NW 46th St, Sunrise, FL 33351
515 N Flagler Dr, Suite 325, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
801 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 375, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
1221 S 21st Ave, Hollywood, FL 33020-6936
1132 SE 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
PO Box 370626, Miami, FL 33137
407 Lincoln Road, Suite 12-E, Miami Beach, FL 33139
1200 Anastasia Ave, Suite 110, Coral Gables, FL 33134
604 Banyan Trl, #812661, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Dania Beach Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Dania Beach
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Dania Beach and checks their standing with Florida bar associations.
Our Verification Process and Criteria
Ample Experience
Attorneys must meet stringent qualifications and prove they practice in the area of law they’re verified in.
Good Standing
Be in good standing with their bar associations and maintain a clean disciplinary record.
Annual Review
Submit to an annual review to retain their Lead Counsel Verified status.
Client Commitment
Pledge to follow the highest quality client service and ethical standards.
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 Florida 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