Top Southold, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
125 Broad St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10004
233 East SHore Rd, Suite 210, Great Neck, NY 11023
60 E 42nd St, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10165
350 Fifth Avenue, 63rd Floor, New York, NY 10118
233 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10007
100 Fisher Ave, Suite 341, White Plains, NY 10606
30 Broad St, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10004
120 White Plains Rd, Suite 420, Tarrytown, NY 10591
2900 Westchester Ave, Suite 204, Purchase, NY 10577
11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004
57 W. Main Street, Suite 120, Babylon, NY 11702
405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10174
225 East 57th St, Suite 6L, New York, NY 10022
136 Madison Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016
420 Central Ave, Suite 301, Cedarhurst, NY 11516
535 5th Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017
919 Third Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10022
88 Pine Street, Suite 1900, New York, NY 10005
170 Old Country Road, Suite 505, Mineola, NY 11501
655 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10017
651A Coney Island Ave, Suite 2C, Brooklyn, NY 11218
139 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
217 Willis Ave, Suite 101, Mineola, NY 11501
The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007
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