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3575 Koger Blvd, Suite 215, Duluth, GA 30096
5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 130, Stone Mountain, GA 30083
100 N Main St, Suite 340, Alpharetta, GA 30009
261 W Crogan St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
150 E. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite 250, Decatur, GA 30030
114 Stone Mountain Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
3155 Roswell Rd NW, Ste. 220, Atlanta, GA 30305
191 Roswell St NE, Marietta, GA 30060
2295 Parklake Dr NE, Suite 525, Atlanta, GA 30345
1411 S Gordon St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 1120, Atlanta, GA 30303
101 South Hill Street, Griffin, GA 30223
100 Peachtree Street Northwest, Suite 2060, Atlanta, GA 30303
124 North Hill Street, PO Drawer L, Griffin, GA 30223
100 West Cherokee Avenue, PO Box 2650, Cartersville, GA 30120
464 Griffin St., PO Box 388, Zebulon, GA 30295
900 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1040, Atlanta, GA 30339
75 West Wieuca Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30342
885 Glen Arden Way NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
1099 Saint Louis Place, Atlanta, GA 30303
2170 Satellite Boulevard, Suite 375, Duluth, GA 30097
115 Samaritan Dr, Suite 200, Cumming, GA 30040
111 West Main Street, PO Box 677, Canton, GA 30114
1800 Peachtree Rd NW, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30309
110 Habersham Drive, Fayetteville, GA 30214
Lawrenceville 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