Top Roslyn Heights, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 220, White Plains, NY 10603
55 Broadway, Bond Collective, 3rd FL, Suite 412, New York, NY 10006
2094 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10032
170 Old Country Rd, Mineola, NY 11501
2000 Maple Hill Street, Suite 206, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
1205 Franklin Avenue Plaza, Suite 110, Garden City, NY 11530
150 Motor Pkwy, Suite 119, Hauppauge, NY 11788
11835 Queens Blvd, Suite 940, Forest Hills, NY 11375
250 West Main St, Bay Shore, NY 11706
222 Bloomingdale Rd, Ste 301, White Plains, NY 10605
1 Old Country Rd Ste 125, Carle Place, NY 11514-1845
666 Old Country Rd, Suite 301, Garden City, NY 11530
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019
1065 Stewart Ave, Suite 210, Bethpage, NY 11714
225 Broadway, Suite 715, New York, NY 10007
575 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 110, Jericho, NY 11753
250 Park Avenue, Suite 2020, New York, NY 10177
108 Village Sq, Ste 313, Somers, NY 10589
111 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038
31 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019
686 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310
810 7th Ave, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10019
275 W 10th Street, FL 6, New York, NY 10014-3375
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Roslyn Heights, NY
300 Old Country Road, Suite 241, Mineola, NY 11501-4112
353 Lexington Ave, Suite 900, New York, NY 10016
Roslyn Heights Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Roslyn Heights
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Roslyn Heights 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