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30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
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Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
746 Highway 34, Suite 8, Matawan, NJ 07747
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
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28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
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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