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300 East Roosevelt Road, Suite 220, Wheaton, IL 60187
17N208 Route 31, West Dundee, IL 60118
25 N 3rd St, Suite 204, Geneva, IL 60134
235 North West Street, Waukegan, IL 60085
204 N West St, Waukegan, IL 60085
1737 South Naperville Road, Suite 100, Wheaton, IL 60189
625 West Rollins Road, Round Lake Beach, IL 60073-1277
475 W Terra Cotta Ave, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
1240 Iroquois Ave., Suite 108, Naperville, IL 60563
799 Roosevelt Rd. Building 2 Suite 104, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
1509 W Berwyn Ave, Suite 201E, Chicago, IL 60640
3845 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
318 West Adams St, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60606
1550 N. Northwest Highway, Suite 203, Park Ridge, IL 60068
40 S Prospect St, Suite 102, Roselle, IL 60172
666 Russel Court, Suite 100A, Woodstock, IL 60098
52 W Downer Place, Suite 301, Aurora, IL 60506
111 S Wacker Dr, Suite 5100, Chicago, IL 60606
320 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60606
102 N Evergreen Ave, Suite 220, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
1560 Wall St, Suite 304, Naperville, IL 60563
500 Skokie Blvd, Suite 175, Northbrook, IL 60062
970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
300 N La Salle Dr, Suite 4400, Chicago, IL 60654
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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