Top Brookhaven, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004-1490
330 7th Ave, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10001
170 Old Country Road, Suite 505, Mineola, NY 11501
11 Times Square, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10036
7707 Parsons Blvd, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366
130 Malcolm X Blvd., Suite 1107, Great Neck, NY 11026
14 Wall St, Suite 1603, New York, NY 10005
651A Coney Island Ave, Suite 2C, Brooklyn, NY 11218
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125 Broad St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10004
The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
135 N Water St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
165 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
90 Broad St, Suite 601, New York, NY 10004
7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
5008 Broadway, New York, NY 10034
101-05 Lefferts Blvd, Richmond Hill, NY 11419
44 Court Street, Suite 905, Brooklyn, NY 11201
555 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
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101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178-0060
175 Greenwich St, 55th 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