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60 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
269 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470
235 Main St, Suite 101, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
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42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
320 Cedar Lane, 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