Top Salt Lake City, UT Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
35 West Broadway, Suite 203, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
5788 South 900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84121
43 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
2568 Washington Boulevard, Legal Arts Building, Suite 200, Ogden, UT 84401
1750 W Research Way, Suite 204, West Valley CIty, UT 84119
465 South 400 East, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
5675 S. Redwood Road, Suite 10, Taylorsville, UT 84123
445 East 200 South, Suite 150, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
299 South Main Street, 13th floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
10813 South River Front Parkway, Suite 230, South Jordan, UT 84095
40 South Main St, Tooele, UT 84074
Newhouse Building, 32 West 200 South, Suite 614, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
299 S Main St, Suite 1300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
15 West South Temple, Suite 1200, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
50 Braodway, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
111 South Main Street, Suite 2400, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
4590 Harrison Blvd, Suite 200C, Ogden, UT 84403
205 26th Street, Suite 34, Ogden, UT 84401
299 S Main St, Suite 1825, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
8 East Broadway, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
111 South Main Street, Suite 2100, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
445 E 200 S, #130, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
560 South 300 East, Ste 105, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
43 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
1547 Bryan Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
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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 Utah 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