Top Patchogue, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
34 Grove St, Middletown, NY 10940
815 Route 211 East, Middletown, NY 10941
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007
125-10 Queens Blvd, Suite 323, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
25 Main St, PO Box 386, Goshen, NY 10924
25 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
556 Peninsula Blvd, Hempstead, NY 11550
165 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
PO Box 696, Babylon, NY 11702
90 Broad St, Suite 601, New York, NY 10004
350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118
499 Seventh Ave., Suite 12 North, New York, NY 10018
3 Barker Ave, Suite 405, White Plains, NY 10601
33 Nassau Avenue, Suite 67, New York, NY 11222
405 Lexington Ave, 46th Floor, New York, NY 10174
250 Park Ave., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10177-0799
90 Broad Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
226 7th St Ste 302, Garden City, NY 11530
434 New York Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743
435 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501, Garden City, NY 11530
490 Wheeler Rd, Suite 270, Hauppauge, NY 11788
200 Old Country Rd, Suite 2 S, Mineola, NY 11501
1492 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10301
Patchogue Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Patchogue
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Patchogue 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