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176 U.S. 9 #303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
45 Essex, Hackensack, NJ 07601
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
80 Main Street, Suite 580, West Orange, NJ 07052
23 Emmons St, Suite 203, Long Branch, NJ 07740
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
159 Millburn Ave, Millburn, NJ 07041
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
361 NJ-31, Suite 801, Flemington, NJ 08822
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Essex Fells, NJ
103 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 401, Roseland, NJ 07068
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
505 Goffle Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
494 Broad St, 5th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
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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