Top West Point, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1675 Broadway, Suite 1810, New York, NY 10019
519 8th Ave, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10018
9 East 40th St, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016
14 Wall St, Suite 6B, New York, NY 10005
1 Metrotech Center, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
9965 64th Rd, Unit 1d, Rego Park, NY 11374
4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Holbrook, NY 11741
1025 Westchester Ave, Suite 106, White Plains, NY 10604
11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004-1490
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10005
1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 301, White Plains, NY 10604
81 Main Street, Suite 112, White Plains, NY 10601
33 Nassau Avenue, Suite 67, New York, NY 11222
140 Broadway, Suite 4610, New York, NY 10005-1108
101-05 Lefferts Blvd, Richmond Hill, NY 11419
885 2nd Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017
150 East 58th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10155
One Grand Central Place, 60 East 42nd Street, 37th FL, New York, NY 10065
405 Lexington Ave, 46th Floor, New York, NY 10174
PO Box 696, Babylon, NY 11702
305 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007
99 Brookside Avenue, Chester, NY 10918-1033
75 South Broadway, 4th Floor, White Plains, NY 10106
1399 Franklin Avenue, Suite 201, Garden City, NY 11530
226 7th St Ste 302, Garden City, NY 11530
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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