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1000 S. Old Woodward Avenue, Ste 103, Birmingham, MI 48009
33533 W 12 Mile Rd, Suite 295, Farmington Hills, MI 48331
36400 Woodward Ave., Suite 30, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
30150 Telegraph Rd, Suite 372, Bingham Farms, MI 48025
17000 W 10 Mile Rd, Suite 250, Southfield, MI 48075
30445 Northwestern Highway, Suite 225, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
39111 West Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152
26339 Woodward Ave, Huntington Woods, MI 48070
3155 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 123, Troy, MI 48084
42400 Grand River Ave, Ste 109, Novi, MI 48375
26300 Ford Rd, Suite 105, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
24359 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 200A, Southfield, MI 48075
33 Bloomfield Hills Pkwy, Suite 242, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
645 Griswold Street, Detroit, MI 48226
29444 Northwestern Hwy, ste. 107, Southfield, MI 48034
75 N Main St, Ste. 202, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
17373 W 12 Mile Rd, Southfield, MI 48076
41850 W 11 Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48375
14950 E Jefferson Ave, Suite 170, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
5960 Livernois Rd, Troy, MI 48098
30300 Northwestern Highway, Suite 106, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
33200 Dequindre Rd, Suite 202, Sterling Heights, MI 48310
415 South Main Street, Suite B, Rochester, MI 48307
198 S. Main St, Suite 2, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
500 Griswold St, Suite 2320, Detroit, MI 48226-2962
Southgate 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