Top Hampton Bays, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
888 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite 510, Hauppauge, NY 11788
1 North Broadway, Suite 401, White Plains, NY 10601
1013 Brown St, Peekskill, NY 10566
170 Hamilton Ave, Suite 300, White Plains, NY 10601
666 5th Ave, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10103
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 103, Mineola, NY 11501
30 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005
840 Franklin Ave, Garden City, NY 11530
26 Court Street, Suite 311, Brooklyn, NY 11201
110 E 59th St, Floor 23, New York, NY 10022
3 Times Sq, New York, NY 10036-7703
1500 Astor Avenue, 2nd Floor, Office 208, Bronx, NY 10469
888 7th Ave, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10106
4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Holbrook, NY 11741
135 N Water St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
1110 South Ave, Suite 33, Staten Island, NY 10314
7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
White Plains Center, 50 Main Street, Suite 1000, White Plains, NY 10606
11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004-1490
1 Metrotech Center, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
101-05 Lefferts Blvd, Richmond Hill, NY 11419
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
490 Wheeler Rd, Suite 270, Hauppauge, NY 11788
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501, Garden City, NY 11530
99 Park Ave, Suite 2600, New York, NY 10016
Hampton Bays 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