Top Southeast, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-6799
900 Stewart Ave, 4th Floor, Garden City, NY 11530
One New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004-1980
One Manhattan West, New York, NY 10001
51 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019-6142
230 Park Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10169-0075
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019-6064
1025 Westchester Ave, Suite 106, White Plains, NY 10604
521 5th Ave, 17 Floor, New York, NY 10175
3275 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite B12, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10005
1633 Broadway, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10019
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
570 Taxter Road, Suite 550, Elmsford, NY 10523
350 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
5 East 22nd St, Suite 7B, New York, NY 10010
787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019
30 E 33rd St, 6TH FLOOR, New York, NY 10016
225 Broadway, Suite 715, New York, NY 10007
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, New York, NY 10151
200 Mamaroneck Ave Ste 605, White Plains, NY 10601
42-40 bell boulevard, Suite 302, Bayside, NY 11361
118 North Bedford Rd, Suite 100, Mount Kisco, NY 10549
100 Old Country Rd, Suite 101, Mineola, NY 11501
105-15 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Southeast Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Southeast
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Southeast 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