Top Pawling, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
40 Wall St, Suite 1002, New York, NY 10005
437 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10022
1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-6797
30 Broad St, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10004
335 Madison Ave, Floor 23, New York, NY 10017
546 5th Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036
47 W. 47th Street, Suite 6A, New York, NY 10036
2 Executive Boulevard, Suite 300, Suffern, NY 10901
31-08 Broadway, Suite 204, Astoria, NY 11106
One Battery Park Plaza, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10004
55 Broadway, Suite 901, New York, NY 10006
3304 Franklin Avenue, PO Box 1369, Millbrook, NY 12545
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2800, New York, NY 10020
233 Broadway, Suite 2348, New York, NY 10279
1675 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10019
101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178-0060
175 Greenwich St, 55th Floor, New York, NY 10007
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 208, Jericho, NY 11753
260 Madison Ave, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10016
261 Madison Ave, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016
260 Trinity Pass Rd, Pound Ridge, NY 10576
34 Grove St, Middletown, NY 10940
163-09 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11358
499 Route 304, New City, NY 10956
655 Third Ave, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Pawling Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Pawling
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Pawling 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