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333 W Fort Street, 11th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226
6304 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
110 South Main Street, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
730 S Rochester Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48307
41700 West Six Mile Road, Suite 101, Northville, MI 48168
500 Griswold St, Suite 1630, Detroit, MI 48226
21745 W Warren St, STE III, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
26862 Woodward Avenue, Unit 200, Royal Oak, MI 48067
26777 Central Park Blvd., Suite 325, Southfield, MI 48076
710 N Mill St, Plymouth, MI 48170
30551 Ford Rd, Garden City, MI 48135
290 Town Center Dr, Suite 700, Dearborn, MI 48126
8300 Hall Rd, Suite 201, Utica, MI 48317
PO Box 431520, Pontiac, MI 48343
48 Market Street, Suite 2B, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
26611 Woodward Avenue, Huntington Woods, MI 48070
26648 Van Dyke Avenue, Center Line, MI 48015
1132 Webster St, Birmingham, MI 48009
22100 Harper Ave, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
30600 Telegraph Rd, Ste 3150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025
23756 Michigan Avenue,, Suite 300, Dearborn, MI 48124
355 S Old Woodward Ave., Suite 100, Birmingham, MI 48009
241 Madison Street, Suite 7, Detroit, MI 48226
2446 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, MI 48320
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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