Top Melville, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
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1050 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530
1399 Franklin Avenue, Suite 201, Garden City, NY 11530
605 Third Avenue, Suite 2300, New York, NY 10158
150 East 58th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10155
1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 301, White Plains, NY 10604
30 Wall St, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10005-2219
25 Melville Park Rd, Suite 260, Melville, NY 11747
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99 Brookside Avenue, Chester, NY 10918-1033
494 8th Ave, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10123
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1110 South Ave, Suite 33, Staten Island, NY 10314
53 Route 17K, Suite 4, Newburgh, NY 12550
885 2nd Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
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401 Broadway Ste 306, New York, NY 10013
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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