Top Bethpage, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
260 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
105-15 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375
840 Franklin Ave, Garden City, NY 11530
30 E 33rd St, 6TH FLOOR, New York, NY 10016
3 Times Sq, New York, NY 10036-7703
888 7th Ave, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10106
225 Broadway, Suite 715, New York, NY 10007
5 East 22nd St, Suite 7B, New York, NY 10010
225 Dolson Ave Ste 206, Middletown, NY 10940
1185 Ave of the Americas, Floor 3, New York, NY 10036
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10020
256 West 36th Street, Suite 900, New York, NY 10018
90 Merrick Ave, Suite 601, East Meadow, NY 11554
345 7th Ave, Floor 21, New York, NY 10001
550 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
556 Peninsula Blvd, Hempstead, NY 11550
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 111, White Plains, NY 10603
499 Seventh Ave., Suite 12 North, New York, NY 10018
1 Old Country Rd Ste 125, Carle Place, NY 11514-1845
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
575 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 110, Jericho, NY 11753
250 West Main St, Bay Shore, NY 11706
350 Fifth Avenue, 63rd Floor, New York, NY 10118
90 Broad Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
80 Washington St, Suite 100, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Bethpage Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Bethpage
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Bethpage 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