Top Southold, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
27 Union Square West, Suite 307, New York, NY 10003
546 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10036
120 Broadway, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10271
510 Haight Avenue, Suite 202, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
515 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022
441 Lexington Ave, Suite 504, New York, NY 10017
2150 Joshuas Path, Suite 301, Hauppauge, NY 11788
111 John Street, Suite 640, New York, NY 10038
260 Madison Ave, Floor 22, New York, NY 10016
355 Post Ave, Suite 204, Westbury, NY 11590-2265
1370 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556
1180 Ave of the Americas, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10036
111 Church Street, White Plains, NY 10601
225 Dolson Ave Ste 206, Middletown, NY 10940
5 Broadway, Suite 3, Freeport, NY 11520
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
888 7th Ave, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10106
555 Madison AveS, Ste 11C, New York, NY 10022
275 Madison Ave, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10016
2 Court Square, Suite CLW, Long Island City, NY 11101
840 Franklin Ave, Garden City, NY 11530
1517 Voorhies Ave, 4th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11235
99 Park Ave, PH / 26th Floor, New York, NY 10016
104 W 40th St, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10018
182A 26th St, Suite 2R, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Southold Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Southold
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Southold 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