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Connell Corporate Center III, 400 Connell Drive, Suite 5400, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2775
50 Park Place, Suite 1400, Newark, NJ 07102
36 Fairview Terrace, PO Box 95, Paramus, NJ 07652
53 Paterson Street, Suite 1, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
2 University Plaza Dr, Suite 55, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
169 Ramapo Valley Road, Upper Level - Suite 105, Oakland, NJ 07436
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
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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