Top Suffern, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
589 8th Ave, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018
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1517 Voorhies Ave, 4th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11235
48 Wall St, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10005
1177 Ave of the Americas, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10036
435 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795
42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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145 Willis Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
555 5th Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10017
31-19 Newtown Avenue, Suite 500, Astoria, NY 11102
875 3rd Ave, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10022
40 Fulton Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10038
40 Wall St, 50th Floor, New York, NY 10005
277 Broadway, Suite 1501, New York, NY 10007
204-04 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Hollis, NY 11423
111 Broadway, Suite 707, New York, NY 10006
99 Park Ave, Suite 810, New York, NY 10016
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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