Top Garnerville, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
36 North Plank Road, Newburgh, NY 12550
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
PO Box 12, South Jamesport, NY 11970
20 Vesey St Rm 400, New York, NY 10007
840 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530-2900
570 Taxter Road, Suite 550, Elmsford, NY 10523
75 Broad St, Suite 2120, New York, NY 10004
1350 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10019
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
4 New King St, Suite 140, White Plains, NY 10604
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10170
320 Old Country Road, Suite 103, Garden City, NY 11530
224 W 30th St, Suite 302, New York, NY 10001
1225 Franklin Ave, #325, Garden City, NY 11530
45 Broadway, Suite 3010, New York, NY 10006
40 Wall Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
60 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
1393 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 312 North, Hauppauge, NY 11788
80 8th Ave, Fl 8, New York, NY 10011
43 W 43rd St, Suite 174, New York, NY 10036
950 Third Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
300 Old Country Road, Suite 341, Mineola, NY 11501
650 Halstead Ave, Suite 201B-1, Mamaroneck, NY 10543-0332
98-20 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 3, Forest Hills, NY 11375
2150 Joshuas Path, Suite 301, Hauppauge, NY 11788
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