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50 Tice Boulevard, Suite 380, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677
85 Main Street, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
115 West Century Road, Suite 100, Paramus, NJ 07652
5 Sylvan Way, PO Box 218, Parsippany, NJ 07054
150 Clove Rd, 9th Floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424
86 Washington Ave, Milltown, NJ 08850
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
24 Commerce St, 12th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
1555 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2F, Union, NJ 07083
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
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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