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30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932
405 Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07202
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
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244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
955 NJ-34, Suite 200, Matawan, NJ 07747
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 24H, Mendham, NJ 07945
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1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
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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