Top Southampton, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
880 3rd Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022
256 5th Ave, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001
1790 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019
19 East Main Street, PO Box 3139, Port Jervis, NY 12771
14 Wall St, Suite 6B, New York, NY 10005
555 Madison AveS, Ste 11C, New York, NY 10022
555 5th Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10017
277 Broadway, Suite 1501, New York, NY 10007
241 Ave of the Americas, Suite 14 E, New York, NY 10014
489 5th Ave, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Southampton, NY
1517 Voorhies Ave, 4th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11235
1675 Broadway, Suite 1810, New York, NY 10019
750 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901
9 East 40th St, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016
519 8th Ave, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10018
28 W 44th St Ste 919, New York, NY 10036
14 Washington Ave, Brentwood, NY 11717
138 Mineola Blvd., Mineola, NY 11501
1 N Broadway, Suite 412, White Plains, NY 10601
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1402 POB 1057, New York, NY 10170
230 Park Ave, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10169
195 Montague Street, Suite 1419, Brooklyn, NY 11201
260 Madison Avenue, 21st FL, New York, NY 10016-2400
30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
177 Wadsworth Ave, New York, NY 10033
Southampton Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Southampton
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Southampton 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