Top Brentwood, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10019
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10112-4498
325 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10007
1551 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501-4803
401 Broadway Ste 306, New York, NY 10013
100 Garden City Plaza, #400, Garden City, NY 11530
111 S Ridge Street, Suite 303, Port Chester, NY 10573
1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 1S04, Melville, NY 11747
521 5th Ave, 17 Floor, New York, NY 10175
11 Market Street, Suite 205, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-3179
140 Fell Court, Suite 305, Hauppauge, NY 11788
170 Old Country Road, Suite 600, Mineola, NY 11501
45 Glen Cove Rd, Greenvale, NY 11548
666 Old Country Road, Suite 305, Garden City, NY 11530
88 Pine St, Suite 2450, New York, NY 10005
16401 Northern Blvd., Suite 2, Flushing, NY 11358-1755
1400 Old Country Road, Ste 310E, Westbury, NY 11590
1 Old Country Rd, Suite 347, Carle Place, NY 11514
646 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
350 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 907, New York, NY 10038
305 Broadway, Suite 210, New York, NY 10007
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
20 Vanderventer Ave., Suite 103W, Port Washington, NY 11050
1110 South Avenue, Suite 21, Staten Island, NY 10314
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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