Top Blissfield, MI Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
117 West Fourth Street, Suite 200, Royal Oak, MI 48067
39999 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038
43550 Elizabeth Road, Suite 100, Clinton Township, MI 48036-4807
39500 High Pointe Blvd, Suite 155, Novi, MI 48375
3001 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 210, Troy, MI 48084
11255 Hall Rd, Suite 106A, Utica, MI 48317
12900 Hall Road, Suite 350, Sterling Heights, MI 48313
5619 N Beech Daly Rd, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
220 W. Congress, 4th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226
1821 West Maple, Birmingham, MI 48009
25600 Woodward Ave, Suite 214, Royal Oak, MI 48067
8004 Grand River Rd, Brighton, MI 48114
25899 West 12 Mile Road, Suite 220, Southfield, MI 48034
2092 Christopher Ct, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48324
101 N Main St, Suite 525, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
48 Market St, Suite 2E, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
840 West Long Lake Rd, Suite 600, Troy, MI 48098
101 W Big Beaver Rd, Suite 745, Troy, MI 48084
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr, Suite A-3300, PO Box 511, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
PO Box 40250, Redford, MI 48240-0250
302 North Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
2057 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, MI 48320
154 S Old Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI 48009
20619 Ecorse Rd, Taylor, MI 48180
550 W Merrill St, Suite 100, Birmingham, MI 48009-6303
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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 Michigan 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