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243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 210, Warren, NJ 07059
50 Tice Boulevard, Suite 380, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
115 West Century Road, Suite 100, Paramus, NJ 07652
60 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ 07004
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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