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505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
67 Park Place East, Suite 800, Morristown, NJ 07960
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
70 Grand Ave, Suite 200, River Edge, NJ 07661
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
661 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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