Top Portersville, PA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
300 Mount Lebanon Blvd., Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15234
304 Ross Street, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
500 Grant Street, Suite 4900, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2502
Six PPG Place, 13th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
625 Liberty Avenue, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3152
Four Gateway Center, Suite 2200, 444 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
525 William Penn Place, 28th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
110 East Diamond Street, Suite 301, Butler, PA 16001
720 Vanderbilt Road, Connellsville, PA 15425
1000 Law & Finance Bldg., 419 4th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
30 East Beau Street, Suite 505, Washington, PA 15301
Landmarks Building, Suite 250, 100 West Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
420 Ft Duquesne Blvd., 1 Gateway Cetner, Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
107 East Main Street, Uniontown, PA 15401
One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, 14th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
20120 Rte 19, Suite 200, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Suite 204, 101 E Diamond Street, Butler, PA 16001
1600 Lincoln Ave, Latrobe, PA 15650
409 Broad St, Suite 200, Sewickley, PA 15143
6101 Penn Ave, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
304 Ross St, Ste 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
1603 Carmody Ct, Blaymore II, Suite 100, Sewickley, PA 15143
1736 Ferguson Road, Allison Park, PA 15101
429 Fourth Ave, Suite 1508, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
428 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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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 Pennsylvania 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