Top Woodside, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
245 Main Street, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10601
65 Gleneida Ave, Carmel, NY 10512
360 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
2 Park Ave, 20th Floor, Suite 2058, New York, NY 10016
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1001
1 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 10017
44 Court St, Suite 918, Brooklyn, NY 11201
111 Brook Street, Suite 202, Scarsdale, NY 10583
12 E 49th St, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
800 Third Avenue, Floor 18, New York, NY 10022
96 South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
40 Fulton St, FL 17, New York, NY 10038-5077
111 Broadway, Suite 701, New York, NY 10006
42-40 bell boulevard, Suite 302, Bayside, NY 11361
900 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
40 Exchange Place, Fl 18th, New York, NY 10005
1110 South Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314
14 Wall St, Suite 6B, New York, NY 10005
369 Lexington Ave, 2nd Floor, PMB #229, New York, NY 10017
888 Grand Concourse, Suite 1H, Bronx, NY 10451
2 Allen Street, Suite 3G, New York, NY 10002
546 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10036
499 Fashion Ave, Suite 4N, New York, NY 10018
1675 Broadway, Suite 1810, New York, NY 10019
200 Park Ave, New York, NY 10017
Woodside Drug Possession Information
Lead Counsel Verified Attorneys in Woodside
Lead Counsel independently verifies Drug Possession attorneys in Woodside 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