Top Hyde Park, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1114 Avenue of the Americas, The Grace Building, New York, NY 10036
217 Broadway, Suite 300, New York, NY 10007
200 Route 32, Central Valley Plaza, Central Valley, NY 10917
26 Court Street, Suite 1200, Brooklyn, NY 11242
250 Vesey St, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10281
90 Broad St, Suite 601, New York, NY 10004
2 Wall Street, Suite 310, New York, NY 10005
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10036
350 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Commack, NY 11725
100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530
555 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
65 West 90th Street, Apt. 24B, New York, NY 10024
26 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10004
950 3rd Ave, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10022
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501, Garden City, NY 11530
15 Fisher Lane, Suite 200, White Plains, NY 10603
230 Park Ave, Suite 300, New York, NY 10169
350 National Blvd, Suite 2E, Long Beach, NY 11561
233 Broadway, Suite 2340, New York, NY 10279
200 Vesey St, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10281
777 Third Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10017
444 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10022
148 S Liberty Dr, Stony Point, NY 10980-2321
14 Wall St, Suite 1603, New York, NY 10005
1600 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554
Hyde Park 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