Top Mill Creek, WA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
2025 First Ave, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98121
615 2nd Avenue, Suite 720, Seattle, WA 98104-2226
2200 6th Ave, Suite 1250, Seattle, WA 98121
520 Kirkland Way, Suite 400, Kirkland, WA 98033
1000 2nd Ave, Suite 3340, Seattle, WA 98104
520 Pike St, Suite 1001, Seattle, WA 98101-2605
401 Union Street, Suite 3400, Seattle, WA 98101
500 Union Street, Suite 847, Seattle, WA 98101
1700 Seventh Ave, Suite 1810, Seattle, WA 98101
1201 3rd Ave, Suite 1580, Seattle, WA 98101
904 Dwight St., Port Orchard, WA 98366
6303 Wetmore Ave, Everett, WA 98203
701 Pike St, Suite 1625, Seattle, WA 98101
1001 Fourth Ave, Seattle, WA 98154
13106 SE 240th St, Suite 203, Kent, WA 98031
555 Andover Park West, Suite 200, Tukwila, WA 98188
6703 South 234th Street, Suite 300, Kent, WA 98032-2903
PO Box 2697, Seattle, WA 98116
1333 Stewart St, Seattle, WA 98109
17837 1st Ave S, Suite 413, Normandy Park, WA 98148
1008 South Yakima Avenue, Suite 302, Tacoma, WA 98405
5215 Ballard Avenue NW, Suite 2, Seattle, WA 98107-4838
PO Box 15980, Seattle, WA 98115-0980
PO Box 786, Port Orchard, WA 98366-0786
926 Sydney Ave, Port Orchard, WA 98366
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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