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500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
314 48th Street, Union City, NJ 07087
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
86 Washington Ave, Milltown, NJ 08850
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
21 Main St Ct Plaza S, West Wing, Suite 151, Hackensack, NJ 07601
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
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39 Hudson, Suite 405, 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