Top Brooklyn, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1114 Avenue of the Americas, The Grace Building, New York, NY 10036
885 2nd Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
300 Cadman Plaza W 12th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
30 Wall St, Flr 8, New York, NY 10005
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 111, White Plains, NY 10603
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10112-4498
1345 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
356 Meadow Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550
1 Little W 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
88 Pine St, Suite 2450, New York, NY 10005
230 Park Avenue, Suite 460, New York, NY 10169
317 Lenox Ave Fl 10th, New York, NY 10027
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10112
233 Broadway, Ste 2340, New York, NY 10279
233 Broadway, Suite 705, New York, NY 10279
111 Broadway, Suite 1401, New York, NY 10006
224 W 30th St, Suite 302, New York, NY 10001
65 Broadway, Suite 1005, New York, NY 10006
17 Squadron Blvd, Suite 401, New City, NY 10956
110 W 40th St, Ste 1900, New York, NY 10018
1205 Franklin Avenue Plaza, Suite 110, Garden City, NY 11530
140 Broadway, Suite 2450, New York, NY 10005
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 220, White Plains, NY 10603
40 Wall Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
80 8th Ave, Fl 8, New York, NY 10011
Brooklyn Drug Possession Information
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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