UJI 14-3130. Possession of controlled substance; defined.1

A person is in possession [of] __________________ (name of substance) when they know it is on their person or in their presence, and they exercise control over it. [Even if the substance is not in the person’s physical presence, they are in possession if they know where it is, and they exercise control over it.]2 [Two or more people can have possession of a substance at the same time.] [A person’s presence in the vicinity of the substance or knowledge of the existence or the location of the substance, is not, by itself, possession.]