Top Fishkill, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1600 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554
1425 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 15th Floor, Uniondale, NY 11556-1425
33 Whitehall Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10004
230 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10169
19 East Main Street, PO Box 3139, Port Jervis, NY 12771
325 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10007
50 Main Street, White Plains, NY 10606-190
350 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Commack, NY 11725
100 Garden City Plaza, #400, Garden City, NY 11530
100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530
260 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
2649 South Rd, Suite 100, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-0193
230 Park Ave, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10169
226 7th St Ste 302, Garden City, NY 11530
7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
136-20 38th Ave, Suite 9G, Flushing, NY 11354
140 Grand Street, Suite 705, White Plains, NY 10601
11835 Queens Blvd, Suite 940, Forest Hills, NY 11375
490 Wheeler Rd, Suite 270, Hauppauge, NY 11788
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501, Garden City, NY 11530
800 Third Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
200 Old Country Rd, Suite 2 S, Mineola, NY 11501
260 Madison Ave, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10016
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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