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80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
25 Monument Street, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
705A Amboy Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
200 Broadacres Dr Suite #325,, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
830 Morris Turnpike, Suite 304, Short Hills, NJ 07078
12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
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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