Top Somers, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
140 Main St, Goshen, NY 10924
84 Front St, Sutie F, Port Jervis, NY 12771
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 103, Garden City, NY 11530
222 Bloomingdale Rd, Ste 301, White Plains, NY 10605
1393 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 312 North, Hauppauge, NY 11788
122 North Country Road, PO Box 5440, Miller Place, NY 11764-1430
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019
170 Old Country Rd, Mineola, NY 11501
60 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
840 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530-2900
900 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
32 Court Street, Suite 408, Brooklyn, NY 11201
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
40 Exchange Place, Fl 18th, New York, NY 10005
43 W 43rd St, Suite 174, New York, NY 10036
2150 Joshuas Path, Suite 301, Hauppauge, NY 11788
98-20 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 3, Forest Hills, NY 11375
360 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
60-88 Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385
191 Islip Avenue, Islip, NY 11751
650 Halstead Ave, Suite 201B-1, Mamaroneck, NY 10543-0332
375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013
651A Coney Island Ave, Suite 2C, Brooklyn, NY 11218
170 Old Country Road, Suite 505, Mineola, NY 11501
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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