Top Bethpage, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
5 Waller Avenue, Suite 200, White Plains, NY 10601
499 Seventh Ave., Suite 12 North, New York, NY 10018
260 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
666 Old Country Rd, Suite 700, Garden City, NY 11530
241 Ave of the Americas, Suite 14 E, New York, NY 10014
136 Madison Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016
44 Court St, Suite 1207, Brooklyn, NY 11201
26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
1301 Ave of the Americas, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10019
1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
72 East Main Street, Suite 3, Babylon, NY 11702-2714
140 Grand Street, Suite 705, White Plains, NY 10601
330 Madison Ave, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017
6800 Jericho Tpke., Suite 108W-1, Syosset, NY 11791
730 3rd Ave, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10017
200 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY 11507
551 Fifth Ave, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10176
28 W 44th St Ste 919, New York, NY 10036
5 Hanover Square, Suite 1001, New York, NY 10004-2614
90 Merrick Ave, Suite 601, East Meadow, NY 11554
99 Park Ave., Suite 830, New York, NY 10016
170 Old Country Rd, Mineola, NY 11501
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80 Bay Street Landing, Suite 7J, Staten Island, NY 10301
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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