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466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
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121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
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36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
360 Hawkins Place, 2nd FL, Boonton, NJ 07005
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
130 Mansfield Street, Belvidere, NJ 07823
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
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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