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2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
466 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
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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