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666 Old Country Rd Ste 501, Garden City, NY 11530
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1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
4216 Merrick Rd, Massapequa, NY 11758
72 East Main Street, Suite 3, Babylon, NY 11702-2714
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99 Park Ave., Suite 830, New York, NY 10016
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225 W 34th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10122
50 Main Street, White Plains, NY 10606-190
375 W Main St, Suite 120, Huntington, NY 11743
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 103, New York, NY 11501
40 Fulton St, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10038
325 E 79th St, Suite 8B, New York, NY 10075
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230 Park Ave, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10169
825 Montauk Hwy, Copiague, NY 11726
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Dover Plains 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