Top Palm Beach, FL Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
66 W. Flager Street, Suite 700, Miami, FL 33130-1809
8835 Southwest 107th Avenue, Suite 285, Miami, FL 33176
1212 Southeast Third Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
830 Brickell Plaza, Suite 3100, Miami, FL 33131
100 SE 6th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
1499 W Palmetto Park Road, Suite 218, Boca Raton, FL 33486
515 N Flagler Dr., Suite 350, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
1601 Forum Pl, Centurion Tower Suite 602, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
500 S Australian Ave, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
330 Alhambra Cir, Coral Gables, FL 33134
777 S Flagler Dr, Suite 1900, West Tower, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
11900 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 510, Miami, FL 33181
360 S Rosemary Ave, Suite 1410, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
2875 NE 191st St, Suite 500, Aventura, FL 33180
14 NE 1st Ave, Suite 1211, Miami, FL 33132
231 Bradley Place, Suite 202, Palm Beach, FL 33480
3801 PGA Boulevard, Suite 600, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
15800 Pines Blvd, Suite 300 PMB 3240, Pembroke Pines, FL 33027
2525 Ponce de Leon, Suite 300, Coral Gables, FL 33134
1680 Michigan Ave, Suite 100, Miami Beach, FL 33139
525 Okeechobee Boulevard, CityPlace Tower, Suite 1200, West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6350
222 Lakeview Avenue, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
2601 S. Bayshore Drive, Penthouse 1, Miami, FL 33133
625 North Flagler Drive, 7th Floor, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
15150 NW 79th Ct, Suite 195, Hialeah, FL 33016
Palm Beach Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Palm Beach
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Palm 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