Top South Salem, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
40 Fulton Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10038
100 Garden City Plaza, #400, Garden City, NY 11530
2 Executive Boulevard, Suite 300, Suffern, NY 10901
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
147 W 25th St, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001
325 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10007
17 Squadron Blvd, Suite 401, New City, NY 10956
626 RXR Plaza, West Tower 6th Floor, Uniondale, NY 11556
435 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795
44 Court St, Suite 1207, Brooklyn, NY 11201
226 7th St Ste 302, Garden City, NY 11530
61 Broadway, Suite 2780, New York, NY 10006
200 Old Country Rd, Suite 2 S, Mineola, NY 11501
800 Third Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
490 Wheeler Rd, Suite 270, Hauppauge, NY 11788
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501, Garden City, NY 11530
260 Madison Ave, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10016
1110 South Avenue, Suite 21, Staten Island, NY 10314
20 Vanderventer Ave., Suite 103W, Port Washington, NY 11050
50 Main St, Suite 1000, White Plains, NY 10606
646 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
125 Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10017
260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
50 Broad St, Ste 1609, New York, NY 10004
254 36th St, Suite C659, Brooklyn, NY 11232
South Salem Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in South Salem
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in South Salem 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