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2100 Manchester Road, Building B, Suite 915, Wheaton, IL 60187
142 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2525 N Canyon Rd, Provo, UT 84604
2 Court Square, Suite CLW, Long Island City, NY 11101
3311 Mission St, Suite 187, San Francisco, CA 94110
134 N LaSalle St, Suite 850, Chicago, IL 60602
470 W. Broad St, Suite 34, Columbus, OH 43215
17445 W 10 Mile Rd, Southfield, MI 48075
601 Quail Valley Drive, Ste 2, Georgetown, TX 78626
600 S Main St, Ste. 202, Oshkosh, WI 54902
10513 Judicial Drive, Suite 100, Fairfax, VA 22030
432 Ridge Road, North Arlington, NJ 07031
1930 Harrison St, Suite 203, Hollywood, FL 33020
76 S. Orange Avenue, Suite ST01, South Orange, NJ 07079
1014 US Highway 19 Ste 110, Holiday, FL 34691
24 Commerce St, Suite 1726, Newark, NJ 07102
2211 Norfolk, Suite 735, Houston, TX 77098
PO Box 122, Etters, PA 17319
316 South Arlington Avenue, Reno, NV 89501
105 Capitol St, Suite 300, Charleston, WV 25301
Skippack Pike, PO Box 1368, Skippack, PA 19474
PO Box 1039, Brookfield, WI 53008
407 E Fort St, Suite 103, Detroit, MI 48226
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Crownpoint 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 New Mexico 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