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77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4100, Chicago, IL 60601
1770 Park St, Naperville, IL 60563
526 Market Loop Rd, Suite D, West Dundee, IL 60118
200 W. Madison Street, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60606-1567
1 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4400, Chicago, IL 60606
900 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 5-East, Chicago, IL 60607
25 N 3rd St, Suite 204, Geneva, IL 60134
73 W. Monroe Street, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60603
20 N Wacker Dr, Suite 4120, Chicago, IL 60606
9700 West 131st Street, Second Floor, Palos Park, IL 60464
900 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60611
1 East Wacker Drive, Suite 3400, Chicago, IL 60601
200 N. LaSalle St, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL 60601
70 W Madison St, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL 60602
102 N Evergreen Ave, Suite 220, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
53 W Jackson Bvld, Ste 1401, Chicago, IL 60605
220 E Illinois, Suite 3704, Chicago, IL 60611
209 S. LaSalle St., 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604
107 W Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
36 West Randolph, Suite 301, Chicago, IL 60601
200 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., 2nd Floor, Waukegan, IL 60085
2000 W Galena Blvd, Suite 202, Aurora, IL 60506
666 Russel Court, Suite 100, Woodstock, IL 60098-2664
5419 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD, SUITE 113, Chicago, IL 60640
53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1605, Chicago, IL 60604
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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