Top Middletown, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1110 South Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314
244 Madison Ave, # 1208, New York, NY 10016
88 Pine Street, Suite 1900, New York, NY 10005
2 Allen Street, Suite 3G, New York, NY 10002
546 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10036
200 Park Ave, New York, NY 10017
888 Grand Concourse, Suite 1H, Bronx, NY 10451
369 Lexington Ave, 2nd Floor, PMB #229, New York, NY 10017
600 Old Country Rd Rm 530, Garden City, NY 11530
655 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10017
26 Court Street, Suite 311, Brooklyn, NY 11201
499 Fashion Ave, Suite 4N, New York, NY 10018
1180 Ave of the Americas, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10036
The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
235 Main St, White Plains, NY 10601
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007
7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
1 N Broadway, Suite 412, White Plains, NY 10601
1214 N Country Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790
112 W 34th St, New York, NY 10120
360 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10112
90 Broad St, Suite 601, New York, NY 10004
26 Court St, Suite 2103, Brooklyn, NY 11242
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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