Top Plainview, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
888 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite 510, Hauppauge, NY 11788
136-20 38th Ave, Suite 9G, Flushing, NY 11354
1045 Oyster Bay Road, Suite 1, East Norwich, NY 11732
666 5th Ave, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10103
2027 Williamsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10461
11 Times Square, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10036
88 Pine St, Suite 2450, New York, NY 10005
40 Main Street, Hempstead, NY 11550
147 Prince St, Suite 238, Brooklyn, NY 11201
99 Park Ave., Suite 830, New York, NY 10016
225 Broadway, Suite 2702, New York, NY 10007
Po Box 328, Goshen, NY 10924
125 Bedell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-1001
600 Third Avenue, 42nd Floor, New York, NY 10016
666 Old Country Rd, Garden City, NY 11530
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 103, New York, NY 11501
1025 Westchester Ave, Suite 106, White Plains, NY 10604
40 Fulton St, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10038
325 E 79th St, Suite 8B, New York, NY 10075
80 Bay Street Landing, Suite 7J, Staten Island, NY 10301
139 Fulton St, Suite 801, New York, NY 10038
963 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, New York, NY 10151
546 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10005
Plainview Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Plainview
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Plainview 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