Top Woodside, NY Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10020
345 7th Ave, Floor 21, New York, NY 10001
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1185 Ave of the Americas, Floor 3, New York, NY 10036
125 Bedell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-1001
1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010
80 Washington St, Suite 100, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
99 Park Ave., Suite 830, New York, NY 10016
125 Maiden Lane, Suite 5C, New York, NY 10038
1 Little W 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
305 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007
96 South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
225 W 34th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10122
452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
55 Broadway, Bond Collective, 3rd FL, Suite 412, New York, NY 10006
880 3rd Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022
546 5th Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036
84 Front St, Sutie F, Port Jervis, NY 12771
650 5th Ave, Suite 2320, New York, NY 10019
1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1104
140 Main St, Goshen, NY 10924
1 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 10017
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1001
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Woodside 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