Top Mercer Island, WA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
PO Box 85110, Seattle, WA 98145-1110
901 5th Ave, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98164
2025 First Ave, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98121
13106 SE 240th St, Suite 203, Kent, WA 98031
555 Andover Park West, Suite 200, Tukwila, WA 98188
506 2nd Ave, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98104
PO Box 2697, Seattle, WA 98116
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3700, Seattle, WA 98101-9600
6703 South 234th Street, Suite 300, Kent, WA 98032-2903
5215 Ballard Avenue NW, Suite 2, Seattle, WA 98107-4838
PO Box 786, Port Orchard, WA 98366-0786
926 Sydney Ave, Port Orchard, WA 98366
718 Griffin Avenue, Suite 290, Enumclaw, WA 98022
1008 South Yakima Avenue, Suite 302, Tacoma, WA 98405
PO Box 15980, Seattle, WA 98115-0980
515 W Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98119
22030 7th Ave S, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98198
535 East Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA 98027
3301 Hoyt Avenue, Suite A, Everett, WA 98201
1333 Stewart St, Seattle, WA 98109
655 West Smith Street, Suite 210, Kent, WA 98032
119 1st Avenue South, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104
108 South Washington Street, 200 Delmar Building, Seattle, WA 98104
100 2nd Avenue South, Suite 190, Edmonds, WA 98020
3411 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201-4709
Mercer Island 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