Top Beacon, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
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20 Vanderventer Ave., Suite 103W, Port Washington, NY 11050
254 36th St, Suite C659, Brooklyn, NY 11232
646 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
260 Madison Ave, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10016
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260 Madison Ave, Floor 22, New York, NY 10016
1393 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 312 North, Hauppauge, NY 11788
60 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
200 Mamaroneck Ave Ste 605, White Plains, NY 10601
48 Academy St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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49 W 37th St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10018
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 101, Mineola, NY 11501
105-15 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375
98-20 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 3, Forest Hills, NY 11375
111 Broadway Rm 1706, New York, NY 10006
118 North Bedford Rd, Suite 100, Mount Kisco, NY 10549
100 Ring Road West, Suite 209, Garden City, NY 11530-3219
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25 Main St, PO Box 386, Goshen, NY 10924
52 Duane St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007
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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