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2100 Manchester Rd, Building A, Suite 430, Wheaton, IL 60187
2445 Dean St, Suite H, St. Charles, IL 60175
70 W. Madison St., Suite 2222, Chicago, IL 60602
73 W Monroe, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60603
2435 Dean Street, Unit 2F, St. Charles, IL 60175
200 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., 2nd Floor, Waukegan, IL 60085
53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1605, Chicago, IL 60604
5419 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD, SUITE 113, Chicago, IL 60640
666 Russel Court, Suite 100, Woodstock, IL 60098-2664
53 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 404, Chicago, IL 60604
PO Box 120, Western Springs, IL 60558
209 S. LaSalle St., 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604
107 W Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4100, Chicago, IL 60601
117 South Cook Street, 2nd Floor, Barrington, IL 60010
570 Lake Cook Road, Suite 318, Deerfield, IL 60015
25 N. County Street, Waukegan, IL 60085
715 Lake St, Suite 516, Oak Park, IL 60301
970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
227 W Monroe St, Suite 3600, Chicago, IL 60606
222 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2600, Chicago, IL 60601
713 East Main Street, St. Charles, IL 60174
1127 South Mannheim, Suite 308, Westchester, IL 60154
1770 Park St, Naperville, IL 60563
1 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603
Island Lake 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 Illinois 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