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114 Stone Mountain Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
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100 West Cherokee Avenue, PO Box 2650, Cartersville, GA 30120
900 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1040, Atlanta, GA 30339
1979 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 340, Tucker, GA 30084
115 Samaritan Dr, Suite 200, Cumming, GA 30040
1150 Spring St NW, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30309
280 S Atlanta St, Ste 300, Roswell, GA 30075
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3520 Piedmont Rd NE, Suite 280, Atlanta, GA 30305
5277 Buford Hwy NE, Unit 273, Atlanta, GA 30340
30 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30341
729 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30308
659 Auburn Avenue, Suite 153, Atlanta, GA 30312
3688 Clearview Avenue, Suite 202, Atlanta, GA 30340
884 Green Street SW, Conyers, GA 30012
659 Auburn Ave NE, Suite 153, Atlanta, GA 30312
101 Marietta St NW, Suite 3340, Atlanta, GA 30303
140 Mark Whitfield St, Suite A, Jasper, GA 30143
924 Cherokee Ave, Monroe, GA 30655
One Atlantic Center, Ste 2800, 1201 W. Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309-3450
8701 Hospital Drive, Suite B, Douglasville, GA 30134-2265
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Forest Park 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 Georgia 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