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66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
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155 Passaic Ave, Suite 420, Fairfield, NJ 07004
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301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
328 Newman Springs Rd, Red Bank, NJ 07701
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 24, Mendham, NJ 07945
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123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
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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