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One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
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500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
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411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
405 Centre St, Nutley, NJ 07110
33-41 Newark St., Suite 4A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
955 NJ-34, Suite 200, Matawan, NJ 07747
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 24, Mendham, NJ 07945
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
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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