Top Garnerville, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
4216 Merrick Rd, Massapequa, NY 11758
225 East 57th St, Suite 6L, New York, NY 10022
325 Glen Cove Ave, Sea Cliff, NY 11579
233 Broadway, Suite 2370, New York, NY 10279
2900 Westchester Ave, Suite 204, Purchase, NY 10577
405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10174
57 W. Main Street, Suite 120, Babylon, NY 11702
570 Taxter Road, Suite 550, Elmsford, NY 10523
55 Broadway, Bond Collective, 3rd FL, Suite 412, New York, NY 10006
420 Central Ave, Suite 301, Cedarhurst, NY 11516
1492 Victory Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
535 5th Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017
88 Pine Street, Suite 1900, New York, NY 10005
150 Motor Pkwy, Suite 119, Hauppauge, NY 11788
655 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10017
580 Fifth Avenue, Suite 606, New York, NY 10036
The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007
26 79th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209
80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004
350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118
11 Times Square, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10036
14 Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 814, New York, NY 10122
1492 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10301
Garnerville Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Garnerville
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Garnerville and checks their standing with New York bar associations.
Our Verification Process and Criteria
Ample Experience
Attorneys must meet stringent qualifications and prove they practice in the area of law they’re verified in.
Good Standing
Be in good standing with their bar associations and maintain a clean disciplinary record.
Annual Review
Submit to an annual review to retain their Lead Counsel Verified status.
Client Commitment
Pledge to follow the highest quality client service and ethical standards.
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