Possession of a controlled substance
What are the three strategies law enforcement uses to limit the illegal use and distribution of controlled substances?
Enforcement methods
Prevention and education techniques
Effective intervention programs
What does the term "wobblers" mean?
the crime can be charged as either misdemeanors or felonies
What Health and Safety Code section is heroin, cocaine, and other opiates?
11350(a)
To arrest a subject for the crime of possession of a controlled substance, the necessary crime elements include:
actual control or constructive possession
any amount (usable quantity)
What is the definition of constructive possession?
it does not require actual possession but requires that a person knowingly exercises control, either directly or through another person or persons