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79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1719 Route 10 East, South Lobby, Suite 114, Parsippany, NJ 07054
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
675 Morris Ave, Suite 300, Springfield, NJ 07081
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
1 University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1076 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
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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