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25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
Waterview Plaza, 2001 US Hwy 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
70 Grand Ave, Suite 200, River Edge, NJ 07661
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
1500 Lawrence Avenue, CN 7807, Ocean, NJ 07712
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
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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