Top Lake Mohegan, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
72 East Main Street, Suite 3, Babylon, NY 11702-2714
333 East 53rd St, Suite 3A, New York, NY 10022
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 103, Garden City, NY 11530
225 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007
1155 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10036
43 W 43rd St, Suite 174, New York, NY 10036
98-20 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 3, Forest Hills, NY 11375
122 North Country Road, PO Box 5440, Miller Place, NY 11764-1430
375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013
550 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
201 E 25th St, Apt 5G, New York, NY 10010
345 7th Ave, Floor 21, New York, NY 10001
80 Bay Street Landing, Suite 7J, Staten Island, NY 10301
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 103, New York, NY 11501
43 W 43rd St, Suite 160, New York, NY 10036
40 Fulton St, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10038
100 Garden City Plaza, suite 203, Garden City, NY 11530
325 E 79th St, Suite 8B, New York, NY 10075
32 Broadway, Suite 412, New York, NY 10004
2 Park Ave, 20th Floor, Suite 2058, New York, NY 10016
245 Main Street, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10601
99 Madison Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
666 Old Country Rd, Garden City, NY 11530
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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