Top Brooklyn, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
485 Madison Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10022
350 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Commack, NY 11725
444 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10022
300 Cadman Plaza West, 12th Floor, Office 12104, Brooklyn, NY 11201
30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
1120 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 4, New York, NY 10036
1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010
230 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10169
4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Holbrook, NY 11741
1600 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554
494 8th Ave, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10123
33 Whitehall Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10004
99 Brookside Avenue, Chester, NY 10918-1033
99 Park Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016-1506
1425 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 15th Floor, Uniondale, NY 11556-1425
401 Broadway Ste 306, New York, NY 10013
885 2nd Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
1 New York Plaza, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10004
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10112-4498
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 111, White Plains, NY 10603
111 Broadway, Suite 1505, New York, NY 10006
53 Route 17K, Suite 4, Newburgh, NY 12550
88 Pine St, Suite 2450, New York, NY 10005
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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