Top Garden City, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
107 North Main Street, New City, NY 10956
40 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 300, Great Neck, NY 11021
72 East Main Street, Suite 3, Babylon, NY 11702-2714
1114 Avenue of the Americas, The Grace Building, New York, NY 10036
190 EAST POST ROAD - SUITE 402, Suite 402, White Plains, NY 10601
630 5th Ave, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10111
45 Main St, Suite 206, Brooklyn, NY 11201
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, NY 10038-4826
99 Park Ave, PH / 26th Floor, New York, NY 10016
7 World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10007
250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019-9601
125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004-2498
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10036-7703
1399 Franklin Avenue, Suite 201, Garden City, NY 11530
666 Old Country Rd, Suite 700, Garden City, NY 11530
25 Melville Park Rd, Suite 260, Melville, NY 11747
26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
44 Court St, Suite 1207, Brooklyn, NY 11201
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 103, Garden City, NY 11530
52 Duane St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007
300 Cadman Plaza W, 12th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 208, Jericho, NY 11753
31-19 Newtown Avenue, Suite 500, Astoria, NY 11102
111 Broadway, Suite 701, New York, NY 10006
40 Fulton Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10038
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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