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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
372 Route 22 West, Suite 1B, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
One Lowenstein Drive, Roseland, NJ 07068
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
5 Sylvan Way, PO Box 218, Parsippany, NJ 07054
317 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
111 Grove, PO Box 273, Lodi, NJ 07644
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
43 Broad Street, PO Box 230, Washington, NJ 07882
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
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365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
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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