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500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
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411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
80 Main Street, Suite 580, West Orange, NJ 07052
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400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
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45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
505 Goffle Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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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