Top Rockaway Park, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
200 Mamaroneck Ave Ste 605, White Plains, NY 10601
39 Broadway, Suite 1910, New York, NY 10006
80 Pine Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
90 Broad St, Suite 703, New York, NY 10004
43 W 43rd St, Suite 174, New York, NY 10036
98-20 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 3, Forest Hills, NY 11375
32 Broadway, Suite 412, New York, NY 10004
12510 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1519
25 Eighth Ave, Suite C, Brooklyn, NY 11217
350 Old Country Rd, Suite 201, Garden City, NY 11530
245 Main Street, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10601
Po Box 3319, Sag Harbor, NY 11963-0408
130 Malcolm X Blvd., Suite 1107, Great Neck, NY 11026
1301 Ave of the Americas, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10019
1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
150 Grand St., White Plains, NY 10601-4821
997 Waverly Ave, Holtsville, NY 11742
43 W 43rd St, Suite 265, New York, NY 10036
1 Old Country Rd, Suite 320, Carle Place, NY 11514
16 Court St, Suite 503, Brooklyn, NY 11241
26 Court Street, Suite 314, Brooklyn, NY 11242
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Rockaway Park, NY
300 Old Country Road, Suite 241, Mineola, NY 11501-4112
100 Chruch St, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10007
165 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
28 W 44th St Ste 919, New York, NY 10036
Rockaway Park Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Rockaway Park
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Rockaway 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