Top Fishkill, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
170 Old Country Road, Suite 600, Mineola, NY 11501
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
1100 Franklin Avenue, Suite 305, Garden City, NY 11530
350 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013
5 East 22nd St, Suite 7B, New York, NY 10010
225 Broadway, Suite 715, New York, NY 10007
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 907, New York, NY 10038
20 Vanderventer Ave., Suite 103W, Port Washington, NY 11050
30 E 33rd St, 6TH FLOOR, New York, NY 10016
646 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
254 36th St, Suite C659, Brooklyn, NY 11232
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10112
120 Broadway, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10271
260 Madison Ave, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10016
410 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022
995 Main Street, Fishkill, NY 12524
1110 South Avenue, Suite 21, Staten Island, NY 10314
170 Old Country Road, Suite 508, Mineola, NY 11501
3135 Johnson Ave, Ste 7D, Bronx, NY 10463
375 Park Ave, Suite 2607, New York, NY 10152
585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-16, Garden City, NY 11530
901 Sheridan Ave, Bronx, NY 10451
622 Third Avenue, Suite 37200, New York, NY 10017
260 Madison Ave, Floor 22, New York, NY 10016
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