Top Manhattan, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
100 Garden City Plaza, suite 203, Garden City, NY 11530
825 Montauk Hwy, Copiague, NY 11726
30 E 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
41 Purdy Avenue, Rye, NY 10580
256 5th Ave, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001
6 Gramatan Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10550
52 Duane St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007
488 Madison Ave, Room 1120, New York, NY 10022
963 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541
555 Madison AveS, Ste 11C, New York, NY 10022
80 Pine Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
241 Ave of the Americas, Suite 14 E, New York, NY 10014
300 Westage Business Center Drive, Suite 390, Fishkill, NY 12524
1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
880 3rd Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022
19 East Main Street, PO Box 3139, Port Jervis, NY 12771
55 Church Street, Suite 211, White Plains, NY 10601
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1402 POB 1057, New York, NY 10170
55-21 69th St., Floor 2, Maspeth, NY 11378
1 N Broadway, Suite 412, White Plains, NY 10601
80 Wall Street, Suite 815, New York, NY 10005
30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
437 Madison Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10022
177 Wadsworth Ave, New York, NY 10033
101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178-0061
Manhattan Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Manhattan
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Manhattan 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