What is a Washington State VUCSA Crime?

The term "VUCSA" is an abbreviation for a Violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act. Washington State VUCSA laws can be found in the Revised Code of Washington 69.50.

Nearly all of the laws relating to the possession, cultivation, manufacture, sale or delivery of drugs in Washington State can be found in RCW 69.50.

The following is a list of some of the drugs defined as "controlled substances" in Washington drug laws RCW 69.50:

- Narcotic Drugs:

• Opium (and all its derivatives including Heroin)
• Cocaine (and all its derivatives including Crack-Cocaine)

• Marijuana
• Barbiturates
• Methamphetamine
• Hallucinogens (including Mushrooms, LSD, Peyote, PCP, MDA)

• The possession, manufacture, cultivation, delivery or sale, or possession with intent to deliver various illegal drugs.
• The possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Prescription drug crimes.
• Sale or delivery of counterfeit controlled substances.
• Possession of various drug manufacturing components or precursors.

This is called "constructive possession" and requires that the State only show that the drug was in your dominion and control.

For example, if the drug was found in a car you were traveling in or inside a bag found in close proximity to where you were arrested with your ID in the bag, the prosecutor may try to show that you had constructive possession of the drug (proximity to drugs alone is not enough to prove constructive possession).