Top Rego Park, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
650 Halstead Ave, Suite 201B-1, Mamaroneck, NY 10543-0332
2150 Joshuas Path, Suite 301, Hauppauge, NY 11788
16 Court Street, 33rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11241
490 Wheeler Rd, Suite 270, Hauppauge, NY 11788
4 New King St, Suite 140, White Plains, NY 10604
1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010
191 Islip Avenue, Islip, NY 11751
485 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10022
325 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10007
1225 Franklin Ave, #325, Garden City, NY 11530
37-06 82nd St, Suite 304, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
12 E 49th St, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
299 Adelphi St Apt 510, Brooklyn, NY 11205-4643
100 Garden City Plaza, #400, Garden City, NY 11530
499 Seventh Ave., Suite 12 North, New York, NY 10018
226 7th St Ste 302, Garden City, NY 11530
800 Third Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501, Garden City, NY 11530
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
90 Broad Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
225 Broadway, Suite 715, New York, NY 10007
250 Park Avenue, Suite 2020, New York, NY 10177
111 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038
686 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310
275 W 10th Street, FL 6, New York, NY 10014-3375
Rego Park Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Rego Park
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Rego Park 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