Top Scotchtown, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
6 Gramatan Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10550
75 Broad St, Suite 2120, New York, NY 10004
256 5th Ave, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001
488 Madison Ave, Room 1120, New York, NY 10022
546 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036
80 Pine Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10005
1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1104
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 103, New York, NY 11501
26 79th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209
1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
1 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 10017
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1001
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2310, New York, NY 10020
101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178-0061
41 Purdy Avenue, Rye, NY 10580
130 Malcolm X Blvd., Suite 1107, Great Neck, NY 11026
1492 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10301
55 Church Street, Suite 211, White Plains, NY 10601
330 Madison Ave, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017
300 Westage Business Center Drive, Suite 390, Fishkill, NY 12524
551 Fifth Ave, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10176
125-10 Queens Blvd, Suite 323, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
19 East Main Street, PO Box 3139, Port Jervis, NY 12771
30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
11835 Queens Blvd, Suite 950, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Scotchtown Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Scotchtown
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Scotchtown 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