Top Palmetto Bay, FL Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
300 Himmarshee St, Suite 7, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
8925 S.W. 148th Street, Suite 200, Miami, FL 33176
1041 Ives Dairy Rd # STE137, Miami, FL 33179
1330 SE 4th Ave, Suite G, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
330 Clematis St, Suite 209, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
10631 North Kendall Drive, Suite 260, Miami, FL 33176-1571
2665 S Bayshore Dr, Ste 220, Miami, FL 33133
7805 SW 6th Court, Plantation, FL 33324
208 SE 6th St, Suite 1, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
1000 5th Street, Suite 200-Z7, Miami Beach, FL 33139
One Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 2000, Miami, FL 33131
614 S Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-3303
633 South Andrews Ave, Suite 201, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3100, Miami, FL 33131
201 S Biscayne Blvd, 27th Floor, Miami, FL 33131
1666 John F Kennedy Causeway, Suite 611, North Bay Village, FL 33141
1111 Brickell Ave, Suite 1550, Miami, FL 33131
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Palmetto Bay, FL
200 E Broward Blvd, Suite 2000, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
3350 SW 148th Ave, Suite 110, Miramar, FL 33027
1 Alhambra Plaza, Ste 1130, Coral Gables, FL 33134-5216
8700 West Flagler Street, Suite 380, Miami, FL 33174-2545
3350 Virginia St, Suite 500, Miami, FL 33133
1555 Palm Beach Lake Boulevard, Suite 1400, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
9130 S Dadeland Blvd, Suite 1705, Miami, FL 33156
13501 SW 128th St., Suite 205, Miami, FL 33186
Palmetto Bay 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 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