Top Long Island City, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1110 South Avenue, Suite 21, Staten Island, NY 10314
330 Madison Ave, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017
317 Lenox Ave Fl 10th, New York, NY 10027
320 Old Country Road, Suite 103, Garden City, NY 11530
490 Wheeler Rd, Suite 270, Hauppauge, NY 11788
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10019
646 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
224 W 30th St, Suite 302, New York, NY 10001
877 N. Corona Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580
325 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10007
551 Fifth Ave, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10176
111 Broadway, Suite 1406, New York, NY 10006
37-06 82nd St, Suite 304, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
3118 Quentin Road, Floor 2, Brooklyn, NY 11234
1850 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10031
274 Madison Ave, Rm 1401, New York, NY 10016
122 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10168
7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
45 Broadway, Suite 3010, New York, NY 10006
40 Wall Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
80 8th Ave, Fl 8, New York, NY 10011
1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 1S04, Melville, NY 11747
17 Squadron Blvd, Suite 401, New City, NY 10956
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
60 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
Long Island City 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