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70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
176 U.S. 9 #303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
Waterview Plaza, 2001 US Hwy 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
57 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
200 Campus Drive, Suite 300, Florham Park, NJ 07932
5 Sylvan Way, Suite 110, Parsippany, NJ 07054
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
372 Route 22 West, Suite 1B, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
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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