Top Garden City, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1 Metrotech Center, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
14 Wall St, Suite 1603, New York, NY 10005
651A Coney Island Ave, Suite 2C, Brooklyn, NY 11218
112 W 34th St, New York, NY 10120
888 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite 510, Hauppauge, NY 11788
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
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170 Old Country Road, Suite 505, Mineola, NY 11501
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25 Main St, PO Box 386, Goshen, NY 10924
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34 Grove St, Middletown, NY 10940
815 Route 211 East, Middletown, NY 10941
90 Broad St, Suite 601, New York, NY 10004
11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004-1490
275 Madison Ave, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10016
135 N Water St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
165 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
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7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
250 Park Ave., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10177-0799
140 Broadway, Suite 4610, New York, NY 10005-1108
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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