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30150 Telegraph Rd, Suite 372, Bingham Farms, MI 48025
301 West Fourth Street, Suite 430, Royal Oak, MI 48067
2600 W. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 300, Troy, MI 48084-3312
880 W. Long Lake Road, Suite 150, Troy, MI 48098
201 W Big Beaver Rd, Suite 1200, Troy, MI 48084
1000 S. Old Woodward Avenue, Ste 103, Birmingham, MI 48009
39400 Woodward Avenue, Suite 101, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304-5151
1450 W Long Lake Rd, Suite 350, Troy, MI 48098
9042 Lewis Avenue, Suite 5, PO Box 490, Temperance, MI 48182
2023 Hazel St, Birmingham, MI 48009
333 W. 7th Street, Ste 360, Royal Oak, MI 48067
801 West Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084
PO Box 798, Milford, MI 48381
11255 Hall Rd, Suite 106A, Utica, MI 48317
400 Renaissance Ctr, Suite 2600, Detroit, MI 48243
631 E. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 211, Troy, MI 48083
316 McMorran Blvd, Port Huron, MI 48060
235 West Genesee Street, Suite A, Lapeer, MI 48446
9 S Monroe St, Monroe, MI 48161
220 W. Congress, 4th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226
5619 N Beech Daly Rd, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
22201 Harper Ave, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
4632 2nd Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
220 W. Congress St., Detroit, MI 48226
26777 Central Park Blvd, Suite 300, Southfield, MI 48076
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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