Top Friendswood, TX Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
811 Main St, Suite 2000, Houston, TX 77002
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000, Houston, TX 77002
1300 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1500, Houston, TX 77056-3166
811 Main Street, Suite 2500, Houston, TX 77002-4499
2500 E T C Jester Blvd, Suite 264, Houston, TX 77008
2617 Canal St, Houston, TX 77003
1 Riverway Dr, Suite 1625, Houston, TX 77056
520 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 720, Houston, TX 77027
801 Travis St, Suite 801, PMB 1663, Houston, TX 77002
440 Lousiana St., Houston, TX 77002
700 Louisiana St, Suite 3900, Houston, TX 77002
917 Franklin, Suite 230, Houston, TX 77002
1 Sugar Creek Center Blvd, Suite 1045, Sugar Land, TX 77478
99 Detering, Houston, TX 77007
1207 S Shepherd St, Houston, TX 77019
917 Franklin St, 6th Floor, Houston, TX 77002
25511 Budde Rd, Ste 3702, The Woodlands, TX 77380
1545 Heights Blvd, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77008
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Friendswood, TX
1301 McKinney Street, Suite 3700, Houston, TX 77010
2800 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 4100, Houston, TX 77056
1001 McKinney Street, Suite 1600, Houston, TX 77002
917 Franklin Street, 4th Floor, Houston, TX 77002
2814 Hamilton St., Houston, TX 77002
5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 750, Houston, TX 77007
2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 450, Houston, TX 77063
Friendswood 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 Texas 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