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10440 North Central Expressway, Meadow Park Tower, Suite 1500, Dallas, TX 75231
16415 Addison Rd, Suite 725, Addison, TX 75001
6060 N. Expressway, Suite 690, Dallas, TX 75206
912 West Belknap, Fort Worth, TX 76102
800 W Weatherford St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
300 North 8th Street, Suite 200, Midlothian, TX 76065
1900 N. Pearl Street, Suite 1500, Dallas, TX 75201
2201 Main St, Suite 1250, Dallas, TX 75201
1701 N. Locust St, Denton, TX 76201
950 East State Highway 114, Suite 160, Southlake, TX 76092
701 West Belknap Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102
916 W. Belknap Street, Suite 240, Fort Worth, TX 76102
3300 Oak Lawn Ave., Suite #600, Dallas, TX 75219
17304 Preston Road, Suite 1250, Dallas, TX 75252
325 North St. Paul Street, Suite 2030, Dallas, TX 75201
1400 Preston Road, Suite 400, Plano, TX 75093
100 Highland Park Village, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75205
1320 S University Dr, Suite 1015, Fort Worth, TX 76107
3300 Oak Lawn, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75219
1413 Harroun Ave, Mckinney, TX 75069
8080 North Central Expressway, Suite 1600, LB 65, Dallas, TX 75206-1819
2801 N Harwood St, Suite 2600, Dallas, TX 75201
300 Burnett Street, Suite 160, Fort Worth, TX 76102
5960 Berkshire Lane, Dallas, TX 75225
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500, Dallas, TX 75201
The Colony 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