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313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
5 Sylvan Way, Suite 110, Parsippany, NJ 07054
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
360 Hawkins Place, 2nd FL, Boonton, NJ 07005
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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