Top Brick, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
1500 Lawrence Avenue, CN 7807, Ocean, NJ 07712
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 106, Red Bank, NJ 07701
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
25 Monument Street, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
705A Amboy Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095
12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
125 Half Mile Rd, Suite 100, Red Bank, NJ 07701
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 210, Warren, NJ 07059
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
53 Paterson Street, Suite 1, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
331 Newman Springs Road, Building 3, Suite #310, Red Bank, NJ 07701-5692
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
4 Paragon Way, Suite 400, Freehold, NJ 07728
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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