Top Garden City, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
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350 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
1177 Ave of the Americas, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10036
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
950 Third Avenue, Eleventh Floor, New York, NY 10022
299 Adelphi St Apt 510, Brooklyn, NY 11205-4643
27 Hawthorn Ave, Warwick, NY 10990
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880 3rd Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022
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96 South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
244 Madison Ave, # 1208, New York, NY 10016
14 Wall St, Suite 6B, New York, NY 10005
1675 Broadway, Suite 1810, New York, NY 10019
62 N Main St, St. 301, Florida, NY 10921
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519 8th Ave, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10018
489 5th Ave, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
1040 6th Ave, Suite 14C, New York, NY 10018
521 5th Ave, 17 Floor, New York, NY 10175
444 Madison Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022
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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