Top North Amityville, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10020
888 7th Ave, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10106
1185 Ave of the Americas, Floor 3, New York, NY 10036
535 5th Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
90 Merrick Ave, Suite 601, East Meadow, NY 11554
170 Old Country Rd, Mineola, NY 11501
560 Broadhollow Road, Suite 303, Melville, NY 11747
30 Broad St, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10004
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556 Peninsula Blvd, Hempstead, NY 11550
25 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019-9601
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 111, White Plains, NY 10603
1 Old Country Rd Ste 125, Carle Place, NY 11514-1845
90 Broad Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
98-20 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 3, Forest Hills, NY 11375
499 Seventh Ave., Suite 12 North, New York, NY 10018
555 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
686 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310
1345 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
390 Madison Ave, Floor 12, New York, NY 10017
375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013
1500 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10036
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North Amityville 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