Top Woodmere, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1050 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530
605 Third Avenue, Suite 2300, New York, NY 10158
150 East 58th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10155
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260 Trinity Pass Rd, Pound Ridge, NY 10576
450 7th Ave, Suite 1304, New York, NY 10123
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho, NY 11753
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25 Melville Park Rd, Suite 260, Melville, NY 11747
330 7th Ave, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10001
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546 5th Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 208, Jericho, NY 11753
840 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530-2900
250 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10007
499 Route 304, New City, NY 10956
75 Broad St, Suite 2120, New York, NY 10004
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120 4th Ave, Bay Shore, NY 11706
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Woodmere 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