Recognizing Elements of Crimes Involving Controlled Substances

Possession of a controlled substance

100

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

200

What does the term "wobblers" mean?

the crime can be charged as either misdemeanors or felonies

300

What Health and Safety Code section is heroin, cocaine, and other opiates?

11350(a)

400

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)

500

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