Top Bedford Hills, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-16, Garden City, NY 11530
170 Old Country Road, Suite 508, Mineola, NY 11501
375 Park Ave, Suite 2607, New York, NY 10152
254 36th St, Suite C659, Brooklyn, NY 11232
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10019
317 Lenox Ave Fl 10th, New York, NY 10027
3135 Johnson Ave, Ste 7D, Bronx, NY 10463
260 Madison Ave, Floor 22, New York, NY 10016
1013 Brown St, Peekskill, NY 10566
2 Executive Boulevard, Suite 300, Suffern, NY 10901
17 Squadron Blvd, Suite 401, New City, NY 10956
355 Post Ave, Suite 204, Westbury, NY 11590-2265
1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 1S04, Melville, NY 11747
201 E 25th St, Apt 5G, New York, NY 10010
499 Route 304, New City, NY 10956
565 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017
1492 Victory Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
125 Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10017
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
88 Pine Street, Suite 1900, New York, NY 10005
655 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10017
919 Third Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10022
34 Grove St, Middletown, NY 10940
163-09 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11358
Bedford Hills Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Bedford Hills
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Bedford Hills 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