Top Rockville Centre, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1733 Sheepshead Bay Rd, Suite 22, Brooklyn, NY 11235
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200 Varick St, Suite 800, New York, NY 10014
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261 Madison Ave, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016
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655 Third Ave, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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20 Vesey St Rm 400, New York, NY 10007
840 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530-2900
199 Main Street, Suite 801, White Plains, NY 10601
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350 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
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375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013
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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