Top Garden City, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
275 Madison Ave, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10016
815 Route 211 East, Middletown, NY 10941
350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118
499 Seventh Ave., Suite 12 North, New York, NY 10018
140 Broadway, Suite 4610, New York, NY 10005-1108
104 W 40th St, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10018
115 Broadway, Suite 1704, New York, NY 10006
182A 26th St, Suite 2R, Brooklyn, NY 11232
33 Nassau Avenue, Suite 67, New York, NY 11222
405 Lexington Ave, 46th Floor, New York, NY 10174
One Battery Park Plaza, Suite 710, New York, NY 10004
PO Box 696, Babylon, NY 11702
626 RXR Plaza, West Tower 6th Floor, Uniondale, NY 11556
1185 Ave of the Americas, Floor 3, New York, NY 10036
226 7th St Ste 302, Garden City, NY 11530
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10020
200 Old Country Rd, Suite 2 S, Mineola, NY 11501
435 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795
61 Broadway, Suite 2780, New York, NY 10006
666 Old Country Rd, Suite 700, Garden City, NY 11530
800 Third Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501, Garden City, NY 11530
26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
44 Court St, Suite 1207, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Garden City 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