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4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
1090 Main St, Suite 502, Paterson, NJ 07503
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1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
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149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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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