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44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
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111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
67 Park Place East, Suite 800, Morristown, NJ 07960
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
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1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
157 Ackerman Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
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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 Jersey 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