Top Lake Peekskill, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
50 Main St, Suite 1000, White Plains, NY 10606
840 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530-2900
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225 East 57th St, Suite 6L, New York, NY 10022
17 State Street, Suite 500, New York, NY 10004
1177 Ave of the Americas, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10036
875 3rd Ave, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10022
325 Glen Cove Ave, Sea Cliff, NY 11579
950 Third Avenue, Eleventh Floor, New York, NY 10022
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, New York, NY 10151
11 Broadway, Ste 615, New York, NY 10004
350 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10174
57 W. Main Street, Suite 120, Babylon, NY 11702
52 Duane St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007
555 Madison AveS, Ste 11C, New York, NY 10022
210 Main St, Goshen, NY 10924
131 W 35th St, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001
300 Westage Business Center Drive, Suite 390, Fishkill, NY 12524
244 Madison Ave, # 1208, New York, NY 10016
26 79th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209
55 Church Street, Suite 211, White Plains, NY 10601
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Lake Peekskill 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