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180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
1720 Rt. 34, Suite 10, Wall Township, NJ 07727
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
350 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
9 Park Avenue, 1st Floor, Caldwell, NJ 07006
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 106, Red Bank, NJ 07701
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 420, Warren, NJ 07059
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1 University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
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498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
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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