Top Melville, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
260 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10016
441 Lexington Ave, Suite 504, New York, NY 10017
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 315, Garden City, NY 11530
3296 Waterbury Drive, Wantagh, NY 11793
1177 Avenue of the Americas, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10036-2714
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Melville, NY
75 S Broadway, Fl 4, White Plains, NY 10601
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 520, Garden City, NY 11530
75 S Broadway, Suite 403, White Plains, NY 10601
411 Theodore Fremd Ave, Ste 206, Rye, NY 10580
570 Lexington Ave, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10022
11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004
953 Franklin Avenue, Suite 100, Garden City, NY 11530
356 Meadow Ave, Suite 300, Newburgh, NY 12550-3038
245 Main Street, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10601
32 Broadway, Suite 412, New York, NY 10004
36 North Plank Road, Newburgh, NY 12550
100 Crossways Park Drive West, Suite 402, Woodbury, NY 11797
99 Madison Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016
3 Dakota Dr, Suie 300, New Hyde Park, NY 11042
2 Park Ave, 20th Floor, Suite 2058, New York, NY 10016
The Courthouse Corporate Center, 320 Carleton Ave Ste 4200, Central Islip, NY 11722-4506
708 Third Avenue, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10017
488 Madison Ave, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10170
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
Melville Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Melville
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Melville 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