Top East Moriches, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
26 79th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209
150 Motor Pkwy, Suite 119, Hauppauge, NY 11788
11835 Queens Blvd, Suite 950, Forest Hills, NY 11375
300 Westage Business Center Drive, Suite 390, Fishkill, NY 12524
30 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving East Moriches, NY
80 Wall Street, Suite 815, New York, NY 10005
131 W 35th St, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019-6064
51 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019-6142
230 Park Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10169-0075
499 Fashion Ave, Suite 4N, New York, NY 10018
235 Main St, White Plains, NY 10601
One Manhattan West, New York, NY 10001
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1095
80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004
767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153-0119
475 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022
6800 Jericho Tpke., Suite 108W-1, Syosset, NY 11791
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 103, Mineola, NY 11501
170 Hamilton Ave, Suite 300, White Plains, NY 10601
1 North Broadway, Suite 401, White Plains, NY 10601
110 E 59th St, Floor 23, New York, NY 10022
30 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005
888 Grand Concourse, Suite 1H, Bronx, NY 10451
26 Court Street, Suite 311, Brooklyn, NY 11201
East Moriches Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in East Moriches
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in East Moriches and checks their standing with New York bar associations.
Our Verification Process and Criteria
Ample Experience
Attorneys must meet stringent qualifications and prove they practice in the area of law they’re verified in.
Good Standing
Be in good standing with their bar associations and maintain a clean disciplinary record.
Annual Review
Submit to an annual review to retain their Lead Counsel Verified status.
Client Commitment
Pledge to follow the highest quality client service and ethical standards.
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