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39111 West Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152
44 1st St, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
3155 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 123, Troy, MI 48084
30150 Telegraph Rd, Suite 372, Bingham Farms, MI 48025
150 West Jefferson Avenue, Suite 100, Detroit, MI 48226
2600 W. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 300, Troy, MI 48084-3312
301 West Fourth Street, Suite 430, Royal Oak, MI 48067
880 W. Long Lake Road, Suite 150, Troy, MI 48098
33533 W 12 Mile Rd, Suite 295, Farmington Hills, MI 48331
32600 Five Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48154
400 Renaissance Ctr, Suite 2600, Detroit, MI 48243
2057 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, MI 48320
801 West Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084
333 W. 7th Street, Ste 360, Royal Oak, MI 48067
631 E. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 211, Troy, MI 48083
235 West Genesee Street, Suite A, Lapeer, MI 48446
22201 Harper Ave, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
23200 John R Rd., PO Box 13, Hazel Park, MI 48030-9900
30850 Telegraph Rd, Suite 250, Bingham Farms, MI 48025
905 W Ann Arbor Trail, Plymouth, MI 48170
101 W Big Beaver Rd, 10th Floor, Troy, MI 48084-5295
305 N Eton St, Unit D, Birmingham, MI 48009
607 Shelby, Suite 725, Detroit, MI 48226
126 South Main Street, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
30555 Southfield Rd, Suite 440, Southfield, MI 48076
Oakland County 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 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