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3200 Greenfield Road, Suite 355, Dearborn, MI 48120-1802
33 Bloomfield Hills Pkwy, Suite 242, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
24359 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 200A, Southfield, MI 48075
26300 Ford Rd, Suite 105, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
33200 Dequindre Rd, Suite 202, Sterling Heights, MI 48310
5960 Livernois Rd, Troy, MI 48098
415 South Main Street, Suite B, Rochester, MI 48307
17373 W 12 Mile Rd, Southfield, MI 48076
500 Griswold Street, Suite 2450, Detroit, MI 48226
41850 W 11 Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48375
198 S. Main St, Suite 2, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
189 Clarkston Rd, Suite 15A, Lake Orion, MI 48360
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1360 Porter Street, Suite 200, Dearborn, MI 48124
995 N. Pontiac Trail, Suite 254, Walled Lake, MI 48382
400 Renaissance Center, Suite 2600, Detroit, MI 48243
22260 Haggerty Road, Suite 110, Northville, MI 48167
101 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 1400, Troy, MI 48084
929 W University Rd, Suite 102, Rochester, MI 48307
1500 N Stephenson Hwy, Suite 239, Royal Oak, MI 48067
500 Griswold Street, Suite 2340, Detroit, MI 48226
3434 Russell St, Ste 104, Detroit, MI 48207
26777 Central Park Blvd, Suite 300, Southfield, MI 48076
7001 Orchard Lake Rd, Suite 430, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
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Utica 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