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One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
150 Clove Rd, 9th Floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
47 Maple St, Atrium Third Floor, Summit, NJ 07901
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Chester, NJ
887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
4 Paragon Way, Suite 400, Freehold, NJ 07728
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Chester, NJ
235 Broubalow Way, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
39 Hudson, Suite 405, Hackensack, NJ 07601
200 Campus Drive, Suite 300, Florham Park, NJ 07932
Connell Corporate Center III, 400 Connell Drive, Suite 5400, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2775
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
111 Grove, PO Box 273, Lodi, NJ 07644
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
43 Broad Street, PO Box 230, Washington, NJ 07882
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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