Top Carmel, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
3275 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite B12, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
41 Madison Ave, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10010
1114 Avenue of the Americas, The Grace Building, New York, NY 10036
555 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
1345 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
1500 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10036
390 Madison Ave, Floor 12, New York, NY 10017
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41 Purdy Avenue, Rye, NY 10580
30 E 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
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317 Lenox Ave Fl 10th, New York, NY 10027
38-17 52nd St, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY 11104
44 Court St, Suite 918, Brooklyn, NY 11201
260 Trinity Pass Rd, Pound Ridge, NY 10576
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655 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10017
2000 Maple Hill Street, Suite 206, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
400 Madison Ave, Suite 11D, New York, NY 10017
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 220, White Plains, NY 10603
55 Broadway, Bond Collective, 3rd FL, Suite 412, New York, NY 10006
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452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
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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