Top Brookhaven, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
20 Vesey St, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007
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100 Motor Pkwy, Suite 300, Hauppauge, NY 11788
485 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10022
410 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022
825 Veterans Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788
901 Sheridan Ave, Bronx, NY 10451
101 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10006
995 Main Street, Fishkill, NY 12524
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650 5th Ave, Suite 2320, New York, NY 10019
40 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 300, Great Neck, NY 11021
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1089
25 Melville Park Rd, Suite 260, Melville, NY 11747
320 Old Country Road, Suite 103, Garden City, NY 11530
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho, NY 11753
26 Court Street, Suite 314, Brooklyn, NY 11242
97 Argyll Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804
224 W 30th St, Suite 302, New York, NY 10001
45 Broadway, Suite 3010, New York, NY 10006
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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