Top Fishkill, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1155 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10036
410 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022
995 Main Street, Fishkill, NY 12524
1500 Astor Ave 2nd fl, Bronx, NY 10469
1776 Broadway, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10019
PO Box 123, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
321 Broadway, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007
170 Old Country Road, Suite 600, Mineola, NY 11501
217 Woodbury Road, #497, Woodbury, NY 11797-6020
666 Old Country Road, Suite 305, Garden City, NY 11530
305 Broadway, Floor 7, New York, NY 10007
20 Vesey St, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007
29 Broadway, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10006
One Rockefeller Plaza, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10020
36 North Plank Road, Newburgh, NY 12550
901 Sheridan Ave, Bronx, NY 10451
622 Third Avenue, Suite 37200, New York, NY 10017
101 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10006
40 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 300, Great Neck, NY 11021
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10170
350 Fifth Avenue, 63rd Floor, New York, NY 10118
75 South Broadway, 4th Floor, White Plains, NY 10106
224 W 30th St, Suite 302, New York, NY 10001
60 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
1301 Ave of the Americas, Floor 13, New York, NY 10019-6119
Fishkill 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