Top Lake Stevens, WA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
9226 Bayshore Drive NW, Suite 206, Silverdale, WA 98383
119 1st Avenue South, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104
2025 First Ave, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98121
3411 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201-4709
10885 NE 4th Street, Suite 700, Bellevue, WA 98004
623 Dwight St, Port Orchard, WA 98366
1000 2nd Ave, Suite 3660, Seattle, WA 98104
355 118th Ave SE, Suite 200, Bellevue, WA 98005
805 164th St. SE, Suite 101, Mill Creek, WA 98012
801 Kirkland Avenue, Suite 100, Kirkland, WA 98033
2125 Western Ave, Suite 330, Seattle, WA 98121-2114
3227 Beacon Ave S, Suite D, Seattle, WA 98144
600 Stewart Street, Suite 901, Seattle, WA 98101-2573
3326 160th Ave SE, Ste 215, Bellevue, WA 98008
1000 2nd Ave, Suite 2530, Seattle, WA 98104
720 Third Avenue, Suite 2015, Seattle, WA 98104
PO Box 1856, Issaquah, WA 98027-0076
1275 12th AVE NW, Suite 5, Issaquah, WA 98027
607 SW Grady Way, Suite 325, Renton, WA 98057
1001 4th Avenue, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98154-1003
155 NE 100th St, Suite 205, Seattle, WA 98125
19000 33rd Ave W, Suite 100, Lynnwood, WA 98036
2470 Westlake Ave N, Suite 201, Seattle, WA 98109
10740 Meridian Ave N, Suite 107, Seattle, WA 98133
1001 Fourth Ave, Seattle, WA 98154
Lake Stevens 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 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