Top White City, UT Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
Felt Building, Fourth Floor, 341 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
65 Wadsworth Park Dr, Suite 110, Draper, UT 84020
881 Baxter Drive, South Jordan, UT 84095
2828 W 4700 S, Suite C, Salt Lake City, UT 84118
887 Baxter Dr.,, South Jordan, UT 84095
Newhouse Building, 32 West 200 South, Suite 614, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
299 S Main St, Suite 1300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
40 South Main St, Tooele, UT 84074
43 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
560 South 300 East, Ste 105, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
405 South Main St, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
215 S State St, Suite 1200, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
9 Exchange Place, Suite 600, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
201 S Main St, Suite 1100, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
White City 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 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