article_snippet.sent: "Possession" is an elusive concept.  
article_snippet.sent: When it comes to drugs, the law recognizes two kinds of possession: actual and constructive.
article_snippet.sent: Actual possession is when you have physical control over the contraband.
article_snippet.sent: When you have a gun in your hand or drugs in your pocket, you "actually" possess those things.
article_snippet.sent: The somewhat hazier concept of "constructive possession" means you can "possess" something without even having it on your person, as long as you have ownership, dominion or control over the contraband or the property where it is found.
article_snippet.sent: For example, the U.S. government would argue that while you may not have actual possession of the 5,000 OxyContin pills in the trunk of your car parked in your driveway, you "constructively" possessed you may not have actual possession of the 5,000 OxyContin pills in the trunk of your car parked in your driveway.
article_snippet.sent: Conversely, sometimes you can be holding something in your hand or have it in your vehicle, but not "possess" it either actually or constructively, in the eyes of the law.