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1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Connell Corporate Center III, 400 Connell Drive, Suite 5400, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2775
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
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51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
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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