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651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
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425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
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200 Campus Drive, Suite 300, Florham Park, NJ 07932
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 210, Warren, NJ 07059
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One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
746 Highway 34, Suite 8, Matawan, NJ 07747
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
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331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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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