Top Valley Stream, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho, NY 11753
1120 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 4, New York, NY 10036
60 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Staten Island, NY 10314
1050 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530
1393 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 312 North, Hauppauge, NY 11788
605 Third Avenue, Suite 2300, New York, NY 10158
150 East 58th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10155
450 7th Ave, Suite 1304, New York, NY 10123
401 Broadway Ste 306, New York, NY 10013
840 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530-2900
330 7th Ave, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10001
61 Broadway Rm 1601, New York, NY 10006
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
60-88 Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385
650 Halstead Ave, Suite 201B-1, Mamaroneck, NY 10543-0332
130 Malcolm X Blvd., Suite 1107, Great Neck, NY 11026
2150 Joshuas Path, Suite 301, Hauppauge, NY 11788
191 Islip Avenue, Islip, NY 11751
650 5th Ave, Suite 2320, New York, NY 10019
410 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022
164 Jackson St, Hempstead, NY 11550
888 7th Ave, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10106
1776 Broadway, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10019
275 Madison Ave, 35 FL, New York, NY 10016
1185 Ave of the Americas, Floor 3, New York, NY 10036
Valley Stream Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Valley Stream
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Valley Stream 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