Top Woodmere, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
111 Broadway, # 706, New York, NY 10006
110 W 40th St, Suite 1003, New York, NY 10018
57 W. Main Street, Suite 120, Babylon, NY 11702
560 Broadhollow Road, Suite 303, Melville, NY 11747
405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10174
488 Madison Ave, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022
1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001
225 W 34th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10122
26 Court St, Suite 2103, Brooklyn, NY 11242
201 E 25th St, Apt 5G, New York, NY 10010
55 Broadway, Bond Collective, 3rd FL, Suite 412, New York, NY 10006
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10112-4498
1345 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
919 Third Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10022
655 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10017
88 Pine Street, Suite 1900, New York, NY 10005
30 Broad St, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10004
26 79th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 111, White Plains, NY 10603
Woodmere Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Woodmere
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Woodmere 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