Top Sloatsburg, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
441 Lexington Ave, Suite 504, New York, NY 10017
1120 Avenue of the Americas, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10036
570 Lexington Ave, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10022
7 Times Square, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10036
75 S Broadway, Suite 403, White Plains, NY 10601
50 Main Street, Suite 1000, White Plains, NY 10606
1441 Broadway, 3rd FL, New York, NY 10018
45 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10006
203 E Post Road, White Plains, NY 10601
50 Main Street, Suite 425, White Plains, NY 10606
450 7th Ave, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10123
953 Franklin Avenue, Suite 100, Garden City, NY 11530
350 Motor Pkwy, Suite 308, Hauppauge, NY 11788
233 East SHore Rd, Suite 210, Great Neck, NY 11023
375 W Main St, Suite 120, Huntington, NY 11743
25 Melville Park Rd, Suite 260, Melville, NY 11747
26 Court Street, Suite 314, Brooklyn, NY 11242
350 Fifth Avenue, 63rd Floor, New York, NY 10118
400 Madison Ave, Suite 11D, New York, NY 10017
81 Main Street, Suite 112, White Plains, NY 10601
605 Third Avenue, Suite 2300, New York, NY 10158
150 East 58th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10155
1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 301, White Plains, NY 10604
120 White Plains Rd, Suite 420, Tarrytown, NY 10591
60 E 42nd St, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10165
Sloatsburg Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Sloatsburg
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Sloatsburg 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