Top Sag Harbor, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1065 Stewart Ave, Suite 210, Bethpage, NY 11714
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100 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho, NY 11753
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2000 Maple Hill Street, Suite 206, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 220, White Plains, NY 10603
The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007
452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
222 Bloomingdale Rd, Ste 301, White Plains, NY 10605
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019
11 Times Square, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10036
5 Old Rd, Elmsford, NY 10523
112 W 34th St, New York, NY 10120
135 N Water St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
136 Madison Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016
30 Wall St, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10005-2219
140 Grand Street, Suite 705, White Plains, NY 10601
275 Madison Ave, 35 FL, New York, NY 10016
1114 Avenue of the Americas, The Grace Building, New York, NY 10036
217 Broadway, Suite 300, New York, NY 10007
29 Broadway, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10006
26 Court St, Ste 603, Brooklyn, NY 11242
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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