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Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving South Richmond Hill, NY
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 103, New York, NY 11501
40 Fulton St, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10038
80 Bay Street Landing, Suite 7J, Staten Island, NY 10301
325 E 79th St, Suite 8B, New York, NY 10075
666 Old Country Rd, Garden City, NY 11530
350 Fifth Avenue, 63rd Floor, New York, NY 10118
356 Meadow Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550
33 Mott Street, Suite 16, New York, NY 10013
260 Madison Ave, Floor 22, New York, NY 10016
546 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving South Richmond Hill, NY
1270 Ave of the Americas, Suite 816, New York, NY 10020
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10170
1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 1S04, Melville, NY 11747
31-08 Broadway, Suite 204, Astoria, NY 11106
217 Woodbury Road, #497, Woodbury, NY 11797-6020
452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
780 Third Avenue, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10017
233 Broadway, Suite 2370, New York, NY 10279
580 Fifth Avenue, Suite 606, New York, NY 10036
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1001
350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving South Richmond Hill, NY
420 Central Ave, Suite 301, Cedarhurst, NY 11516
919 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022-3921
711 Third Avenue, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10017
217 Willis Ave, Suite 101, 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