Top Whitmore Lake, MI Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
5700 Crooks Rd, Ste. 200, Troy, MI 48098
1851 Washtenaw, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
30600 Telegraph Rd, Ste 3150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025
7071 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 245, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
2446 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, MI 48320
26648 Van Dyke Avenue, Center Line, MI 48015
22100 Harper Ave, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
2111 Woodward Ave, Suite 910, Detroit, MI 48201
615 Griswold St, Suite 400, Detroit, MI 48226
3290 W Big Weaver Rd, Ste 111, Troy, MI 48084
500 Griswold St, Suite 2320, Detroit, MI 48226-2962
PO Box 7072, Huntington Woods, MI 48070
27764 Franklin Rd, Southfield, MI 48034
645 Griswold Street, Suite 2200, Detroit, MI 48226
42550 Garfield Rd Ste 104A, Clinton Township, MI 48038
189 W. Clarkston Rd, Suite 6, Lake Orion, MI 48362
41700 Hayes Rd, Suite A, Clinton Township, MI 48038-5823
100 West Big Beaver, Suite 200, Troy, MI 48084
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
134 Market St, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
29444 Northwestern Hwy, ste. 107, Southfield, MI 48034
75 N Main St, Ste. 202, Mount Clemens, MI 48043
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Whitmore Lake 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