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97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
309 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
47 Maple St, Atrium Third Floor, Summit, NJ 07901
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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430 Mountain Ave, Suite 103, New Providence, NJ 07974
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
246 Union Boulevard, Totowa, NJ 07512
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
39 Hudson, Suite 405, 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