Top Venus, TX Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
777 Main St, Suite 600, Fort Worth, TX 76102
5900 S. Lake Forest Drive, Suite 200, McKinney, TX 75070
1910 Pacific Ave, Ste 12050, Dallas, TX 75201
777 Main St, #600, Fort Worth, TX 76102
17250 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75248
1415 Harroun Ave, McKinney, TX 75069
4843 Colleyville Blvd, Suite 251-391, Colleyville, TX 76034
100 Crescent Court, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75201
1845 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Ste 1500, Dallas, TX 75201
100 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1310, Richardson, TX 75080
600 8th Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104
3300 Oak Lawn Ave, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75219
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 4400, Dallas, TX 75201
6301 Preston Rd, Suite 700, Plano, TX 75024
Trammell Crow Center, 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3900, Dallas, TX 75201
770 Founders Square, 900 Jackson Street, Dallas, TX 75202-4427
8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 775, Dallas, TX 75206
3838 Oak Lawn Ave, Ste 1124, Dallas, TX 75219
6116 North Central Expressway, Suite 515, Dallas, TX 75206
1110 E Weatherford, Fort Worth, TX 76102
11 Main Street, Cleburne, TX 76031
1111 W. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 570, Dallas, TX 75247
10300 N. Central Expressway, Suite 283, Dallas, TX 75231
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Venus, TX
8350 Meadow Rd, Suite 186, Dallas, TX 75231
5719 Airport Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76117
Venus 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