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Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Englewood Cliffs, NJ
1720 Rt. 34, Suite 10, Wall Township, NJ 07727
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
166 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
45 Essex, Hackensack, NJ 07601
29 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
354 Eisenhower Parkway, Plaza I, Suite 2300, Livingston, NJ 07039
130 Maple Avenue, PO Box 8610, Red Bank, NJ 07701
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
175 Hudson, Hackensack, NJ 07601
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
157 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
60 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102
277 N Broad, Box 0015, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
39 Hudson, Suite 405, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Englewood Cliffs, NJ
430 Mountain Ave, Suite 103, New Providence, NJ 07974
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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