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30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
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651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
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One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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15 Independence Blvd, Suite 210, Warren, NJ 07059
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
1076 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
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25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
661 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
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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