Top Suffern, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
125 Bedell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-1001
147 Prince St, Suite 238, Brooklyn, NY 11201
787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019
3275 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite B12, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
350 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
570 Taxter Road, Suite 550, Elmsford, NY 10523
48 Academy St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1104
38-17 52nd St, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY 11104
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1001
44 Court St, Suite 918, Brooklyn, NY 11201
9003 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
111 Brook Street, Suite 202, Scarsdale, NY 10583
1 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 10017
96 South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
299 Adelphi St Apt 510, Brooklyn, NY 11205-4643
800 Third Avenue, Floor 18, New York, NY 10022
42-40 bell boulevard, Suite 302, Bayside, NY 11361
40 Fulton St, FL 17, New York, NY 10038-5077
111 Broadway, Suite 701, New York, NY 10006
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
800 Third Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022
198A Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004
305 Broadway, Suite 700, New York, NY 10007
Suffern Drug Possession Information
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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