Top Bay Shore, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
17 State Street, Suite 500, New York, NY 10004
875 3rd Ave, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10022
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, New York, NY 10151
510 Haight Avenue, Suite 202, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019-9601
45 Main St, Suite 206, Brooklyn, NY 11201
111 Broadway, Suite 1505, New York, NY 10006
20 Vesey St, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007
29 Broadway, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10006
401 Broadway Ste 306, New York, NY 10013
1 New York Plaza, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10004
61 Broadway Rm 1601, New York, NY 10006
1155 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10036
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 907, New York, NY 10038
410 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022
825 Veterans Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788
100 Motor Pkwy, Suite 300, Hauppauge, NY 11788
1776 Broadway, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10019
300 Old Country Road, Suite 241, Mineola, NY 11501-4112
350 Fifth Avenue, 63rd Floor, New York, NY 10118
901 Sheridan Ave, Bronx, NY 10451
101 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10006
666 Old Country Road, Suite 305, Garden City, NY 11530
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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