Top Ridge, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
315 Flatbush Ave, Ste 103, Brooklyn, NY 11217
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 103, Garden City, NY 11530
122 North Country Road, PO Box 5440, Miller Place, NY 11764-1430
45 Main St, Suite 206, Brooklyn, NY 11201
118-35 Queens Blvd, Suite 1220, Forest Hills, NY 11375
One Battery Park Plaza, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10004
354 Veterans Hwy, Suite 7, Commack, NY 11725
250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019-9601
3275 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite B12, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
111 Broadway, Suite 701, New York, NY 10006
1022 Avenue P, Brooklyn, NY 11223
550 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 502, Harrison, NY 10528
7 W 24th St, New York, NY 10010
217 Broadway, Suite 707, New York, NY 10007
997 Waverly Ave, Holtsville, NY 11742
350 Old Country Rd, Suite 201, Garden City, NY 11530
12510 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1519
150 Grand St., White Plains, NY 10601-4821
25 Eighth Ave, Suite C, Brooklyn, NY 11217
570 Taxter Road, Suite 550, Elmsford, NY 10523
55 Broadway, Bond Collective, 3rd FL, Suite 412, New York, NY 10006
201 E 25th St, Apt 5G, New York, NY 10010
245 Main Street, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10601
150 Motor Pkwy, Suite 119, Hauppauge, NY 11788
300 Cadman Plaza W, 12th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Ridge Drug Possession Information
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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