Top Centerport, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
9 East 40th St, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016
519 8th Ave, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10018
489 5th Ave, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178-0060
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2800, New York, NY 10020
1675 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10019
175 Greenwich St, 55th Floor, New York, NY 10007
14 Wall St, Suite 6B, New York, NY 10005
22 Vanderbilt Ave, 335 Madison Ave Fl 23, New York, NY 10017
589 8th Ave, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018
225 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10007-3082
274 Madison Ave, Rm 1401, New York, NY 10016
123 William St Fl 15th, New York, NY 10038
122 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10168
225 W 34th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10122
885 2nd Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
30 Wall St, Flr 8, New York, NY 10005
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10112-4498
330 7th Ave, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10001
4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Holbrook, NY 11741
148 S Liberty Dr, Stony Point, NY 10980-2321
26 Court Street, Suite 1200, Brooklyn, NY 11242
PO Box 123, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
80 Washington St, Suite 100, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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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