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400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
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60 Washington St, Ste 107, Morristown, NJ 07960
2424 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
17 East Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
23 Emmons St, Suite 203, Long Branch, NJ 07740
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
432 Ridge Road, North Arlington, NJ 07031
142 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
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107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
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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