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172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
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301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
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One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
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96 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
33-41 Newark St., Suite 4A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
405 Centre St, Nutley, NJ 07110
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
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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