Top North Bay Shore, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1025 Westchester Ave, Suite 106, White Plains, NY 10604
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10005
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420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1402 POB 1057, New York, NY 10170
5 Waller Avenue, Suite 200, White Plains, NY 10601
244 Madison Ave, # 1208, New York, NY 10016
80 Pine Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
241 Ave of the Americas, Suite 14 E, New York, NY 10014
1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
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1675 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10019
640 Johnson Ave, Suite 103, Bohemia, NY 11716
261 Madison Ave, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016
175 Greenwich St, 55th Floor, New York, NY 10007
101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178-0060
22 Vanderbilt Ave, 335 Madison Ave Fl 23, New York, NY 10017
28 W 44th St Ste 919, New York, NY 10036
299 Broadway, Suite 1803, New York, NY 10007
28 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck, NY 11021
655 Third Ave, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017
One Battery Park Plaza, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10004
500 Fifth Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10110
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North Bay Shore 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