Top Salt Lake City, UT Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
405 South Main St, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
111 South Main Street, Suite 2400, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
50 Braodway, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
8 East Broadway, Suite 625, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
9087 West 2700 South, Suite 9, Magna, UT 84044
43 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Felt Building, Fourth Floor, 341 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
205 26th Street, Suite 34, Ogden, UT 84401
887 Baxter Dr.,, South Jordan, UT 84095
4590 Harrison Blvd, Suite 200C, Ogden, UT 84403
8 East Broadway, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
111 South Main Street, Suite 2100, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
2666 South 2000 East, Suite 101, Salt Lake City, UT 84109
306 E 500 S, Bountiful, UT 84010
8941 South 700 East, Suite 203, Sandy, UT 84070
11650 South State Street, Suite 103, Draper, UT 84020
445 E 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
65 Wadsworth Park Dr, Suite 110, Draper, UT 84020
2159 S. 700 E., Suite 240, Salt Lake City, UT 84106
422 North 300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
1547 Bryan Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
35 Broadway, #203, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
2825 E Cottonwood Pkwy, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84121
10 Exchange Place, Suite 1100, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
8 E 300 S #550, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
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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