Top Chelan, WA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
632 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee, WA 98802
18 S Mission St, Ste 102, Wenatchee, WA 98801
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PO Box 50, Cle Elum, WA 98922
Contact Heritage Law Office in Chelan, Washington for experienced legal assistance in Drug Possession.
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14205 SE 36th St, Suite 100A, Bellevue, WA 98006
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The Law Offices of Jason S. Newcombe has experience helping clients with their Drug Possession needs in Chelan, Washington.
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1105 Tacoma Avenue South, Suite A, Tacoma, WA 98402
A law firm in Chelan, Washington, The Law Office of Michael Austin Stewart experienced in helping clients with Drug Possession issues.
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PO Box 3940, 115 S. Main Street, Omak, WA 98840
200 E 3rd, PO Box 279, Ellensburg, WA 98926-0279
821 East Broadway, Suite 8, Moses Lake, WA 98837
704 East Olive, Moses Lake, WA 98837
2 N 1st Street, Selah, WA 98942
212 N Naches Ave, Yakima, WA 98901
217 North 2nd Street, Yakima, WA 98901-2332
117 N. 3rd St., Suite 104, Yakima, WA 98901
402 E. Yakima Ave, Suite 730, Yakima, WA 98901
308 North 2nd Street, PO Box 590, Yakima, WA 98907
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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 Washington 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