Top Putnam Valley, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
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44 Court Street, Suite 905, Brooklyn, NY 11201
1045 Oyster Bay Road, Suite 1, East Norwich, NY 11732
80 8th Ave, Fl 8, New York, NY 10011
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40 Wall Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, NY 10038-4826
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300 Old Country Road, Suite 341, Mineola, NY 11501
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235 Main St, White Plains, NY 10601
14 Wall St, Suite 4C, New York, NY 10005
48 Wall Street, Floor 11, New York, NY 10005
225 Broadway, Suite 715, New York, NY 10007
40 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 300, Great Neck, NY 11021
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1100 Franklin Avenue, Suite 305, Garden City, NY 11530
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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