Top Lewisville, TX Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
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2711 North Haskell Avenue, Suite 2500, Dallas, TX 75204
3300 Oak Lawn Ave, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75219
125 W. Main Street, Suite 200, Allen, TX 75013
6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75206
916 W. Belknap Street, Suite 240, Fort Worth, TX 76102
1300 Norwood Drive, Suite 100, Bedford, TX 76022
701 West Belknap Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102
1400 Preston Road, Suite 400, Plano, TX 75093
5830 Granite Pkwy, Suite 1000, Plano, TX 75024
5949 Sherry Lane, Dallas, TX 75225
2000 N Central Expy, Suite 200, Plano, TX 75074
501 West Chambers Street, Cleburne, TX 76033
16415 Addison Rd, Suite 725, Addison, TX 75001
2520 Fairmount Street, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75201
119 West Virginia Street, Suite 301, McKinney, TX 75069
912 West Belknap, Fort Worth, TX 76102
4131 N Central Expy, Suite 680, Dallas, TX 75204
1504 East McKinney, Suite 200, Denton, TX 76209
3101 W 6th St, Ste 472056, Fort Worth, TX 76147
2626 Cole Ave, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75204
1205 North Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76164
219 S Prairieville, Athens, TX 75751
219 S Collins St, Arlington, TX 76010
2815 Valley View Lane, Suite 202, Dallas, TX 75234
8080 North Central Expressway, Suite 1600, LB 65, Dallas, TX 75206-1819
Lewisville 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