Top Astoria, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
170 Old Country Rd, Mineola, NY 11501
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 111, White Plains, NY 10603
1205 Franklin Avenue Plaza, Suite 110, Garden City, NY 11530
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 220, White Plains, NY 10603
1345 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
2000 Maple Hill Street, Suite 206, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
222 Bloomingdale Rd, Ste 301, White Plains, NY 10605
43 W 43rd St, Suite 174, New York, NY 10036
111 John St, Ste 1615, New York, NY 10038
98-20 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 3, Forest Hills, NY 11375
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019
810 7th Ave, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10019
250 Park Ave., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10177-0799
1065 Stewart Ave, Suite 210, Bethpage, NY 11714
31 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019
40 Exchange Place, Fl 18th, New York, NY 10005
300 Old Country Road, Suite 241, Mineola, NY 11501-4112
900 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
38-17 52nd St, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY 11104
1 Old Country Rd, Suite 320, Carle Place, NY 11514
295 5th Ave, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016
52 Duane St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007
350 5th Avenue, Suite 4020, Manhattan, NY 10118
360 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
44 Court St, Suite 918, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Astoria Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Astoria
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Astoria and checks their standing with New York bar associations.
Our Verification Process and Criteria
Ample Experience
Attorneys must meet stringent qualifications and prove they practice in the area of law they’re verified in.
Good Standing
Be in good standing with their bar associations and maintain a clean disciplinary record.
Annual Review
Submit to an annual review to retain their Lead Counsel Verified status.
Client Commitment
Pledge to follow the highest quality client service and ethical standards.
Drug Possession
Drug possession is the illegal possession of a controlled substance. Essentially, to be convicted of a drug possession charge, you knowingly must have a controlled substance in your possession or within your proximity, like storing it in your vehicle. Drug possession can also include having a device used for the consumption of a controlled substance. This is a criminal offense under both New York state law as well as federal law.
Types of Drug Possession Charges
Sometimes drug possession is referred to as actual possession or “constructive” possession, meaning that an individual knowingly has access to and control of a controlled substance but it is not on the person. Some common ways for constructive possession occur is when a person knowingly stores an illegal controlled substance in their car or at their home. Possessing a smaller quantity of a controlled substance for personal use is commonly known as “simple possession.“
What Is A Controlled Substance?
Federal law as well as state law determines the severity of drug possession charges based on the type of drug and divides them into different “schedules.” Each schedule is based on the potential for dependency and abuse. This sliding scale of schedules starts with Schedule V drugs, having the lowest risk, and increases in severity up to Schedule I, posing the most severe risk.
- Schedule I: Heroin, ecstasy, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana, peyote
- Schedule II: Methamphetamine, cocaine, morphine, methadone, phencyclidine (PCP), fentanyl
- Schedule III: Anabolic steroids, ketamine, barbiturates, testosterone, Tylenol with codeine
- Schedule IV: Valium, Xanax, Tramadol
- Schedule V: Other unlawfully obtained prescription drugs and cough medicines like Robitussin with codeine