Top Ridge, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
4 Brower Ave, Ste 3, Woodmere, NY 11598
45 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10006
30 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005
1120 Sixth Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036
300 Old Country Road, Suite 241, Mineola, NY 11501-4112
305 Broadway, Floor 7, New York, NY 10007
100 Ring Road West, Suite 209, Garden City, NY 11530-3219
300 Westage Business Center Drive, Suite 390, Fishkill, NY 12524
118 North Bedford Rd, Suite 100, Mount Kisco, NY 10549
55 Church Street, Suite 211, White Plains, NY 10601
100 Fisher Ave, Suite 341, White Plains, NY 10606
80 Wall Street, Suite 815, New York, NY 10005
1214 N Country Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790
136-20 38th Ave, Suite 9J, Flushing, NY 11354
55-21 69th St., Floor 2, Maspeth, NY 11378
136 Madison Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016
15 Maiden Lane, Suite 508, New York, NY 10038
100 Garden City Plaza, Suite 520, Garden City, NY 11530
195 Montague Street, Suite 1419, Brooklyn, NY 11201
11835 Queens Blvd, Ste 940, Forest Hills, NY 11375
177 Wadsworth Ave, New York, NY 10033
1492 Victory Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
261 Madison Ave, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016
2094 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10032
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