Top La Grange, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1675 Broadway, Suite 1810, New York, NY 10019
1517 Voorhies Ave, 4th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11235
9 East 40th St, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016
519 8th Ave, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10018
521 5th Ave, 17 Floor, New York, NY 10175
1 N Broadway, Suite 412, White Plains, NY 10601
PO Box 123, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
211 Main Street, PO Box 470, Goshen, NY 10924
1633 Broadway, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10019
200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-4193
66 Hudson Blvd E, New York, NY 10001
195 Montague Street, Suite 1419, Brooklyn, NY 11201
1301 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor, New York, NY 10019-5820
787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019
200 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10281
177 Wadsworth Ave, New York, NY 10033
11835 Queens Blvd, Ste 940, Forest Hills, NY 11375
1492 Victory Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
1214 N Country Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790
963 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541
29 Broadway, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10006
20 Vesey St, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007
41 Purdy Avenue, Rye, NY 10580
139 Fulton St, Suite 801, New York, NY 10038
570 Taxter Road, Suite 550, Elmsford, NY 10523
La Grange Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in La Grange
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in La Grange 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