Top Queens, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
535 5th Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017
556 Peninsula Blvd, Hempstead, NY 11550
655 Third Ave, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017
12046 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
25 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
560 Broadhollow Road, Suite 303, Melville, NY 11747
34 Grove St, Middletown, NY 10940
31-19 Newtown Avenue, Suite 500, Astoria, NY 11102
4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Holbrook, NY 11741
40 Fulton Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10038
Po Box 328, Goshen, NY 10924
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10020
488 Madison Ave, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10022
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, NY 10038-4826
44 Court St, Suite 1207, Brooklyn, NY 11201
26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
2027 Williamsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10461
1045 Oyster Bay Road, Suite 1, East Norwich, NY 11732
1 Little W 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
40 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 300, Great Neck, NY 11021
28 W 44th St Ste 919, New York, NY 10036
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10112
7 World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10007
199 Water Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10038
30 Broad St, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10004
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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