Top North Bay Shore, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
43 W 43rd St, Suite 160, New York, NY 10036
22 Vanderbilt Ave, 335 Madison Ave Fl 23, New York, NY 10017
28 W 44th St Ste 919, New York, NY 10036
135 N Water St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
14 Wall St, Suite 1603, New York, NY 10005
47 W. 47th Street, Suite 6A, New York, NY 10036
275 Madison Ave, 35 FL, New York, NY 10016
1301 Ave of the Americas, Floor 13, New York, NY 10019-6119
30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
125-10 Queens Blvd, Suite 323, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
165 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
1114 Avenue of the Americas, The Grace Building, New York, NY 10036
7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178-0061
350 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Commack, NY 11725
30 Wall St, Flr 8, New York, NY 10005
14 Washington Ave, Brentwood, NY 11717
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2310, New York, NY 10020
33 Whitehall Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10004
100 Garden City Plaza, Suite 500, Garden City, NY 11530
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200 Varick St, Suite 800, New York, NY 10014
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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