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Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
560 Main Street, Second Floor, Chatham, NJ 07928
80 Main St, Suite 455, West Orange, NJ 07052
50 Park Place, Suite 1400, Newark, NJ 07102
466 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
3 University Plaza Drive, Suite 407, Hackensack, NJ 07601
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
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2 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
4 Paragon Way, Suite 400, Freehold, NJ 07728
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
60 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ 07004
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
331 Newman Springs Road, Building 3, Suite #310, Red Bank, NJ 07701-5692
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
89 Headquarters Plaza North, Morristown, NJ 07960
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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