Top Garden City, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
25 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
556 Peninsula Blvd, Hempstead, NY 11550
2 William St, Suite 302, White Plains, NY 10601
277 Broadway, Suite 1501, New York, NY 10007
80 Pine Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
241 Ave of the Americas, Suite 14 E, New York, NY 10014
626 RXR Plaza, West Tower 6th Floor, Uniondale, NY 11556
435 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795
61 Broadway, Suite 2780, New York, NY 10006
390 Madison Ave, Floor 12, New York, NY 10017
145 Willis Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
1500 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10036
1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
19 East Main Street, PO Box 3139, Port Jervis, NY 12771
28 W 44th St Ste 919, New York, NY 10036
1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10036
200 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY 11507
555 5th Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10017
655 Third Ave, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017
500 Fifth Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10110
5 Hanover Square, Suite 1001, New York, NY 10004-2614
437 Madison Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10022
1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001
62 William Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10005
100 Garden City Plaza, suite 203, Garden City, NY 11530
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