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2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
365 Rifle Camp Rd, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
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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