Top Uniondale, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
200 Old Country Rd, Suite 2 S, Mineola, NY 11501
1733 Sheepshead Bay Rd, Suite 22, Brooklyn, NY 11235
800 Third Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022
4216 Merrick Rd, Massapequa, NY 11758
44 Court St, Suite 1207, Brooklyn, NY 11201
305 Broadway, Suite 700, New York, NY 10007
26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
38-08 Union St, Suite 12B, Flushing, NY 11354
666 Old Country Rd Ste 501, Garden City, NY 11530
353 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Suite 200, Commack, NY 11725
48 Wall St, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10005
490 Wheeler Rd, Suite 270, Hauppauge, NY 11788
145 Willis Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
20 Vesey St, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007
275 Madison Ave, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10016
2 Court Square, Suite CLW, Long Island City, NY 11101
201 Old Country Rd, Suite 120, Melville, NY 11747
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10036
PO Box 12, South Jamesport, NY 11970
31-19 Newtown Avenue, Suite 500, Astoria, NY 11102
40 Fulton Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10038
1639 Centre St, Ste 216, Ridgewood, NY 11385
485 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10022
40 Wall St, 50th Floor, New York, NY 10005
111 Broadway, Suite 707, New York, NY 10006
Uniondale 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