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262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
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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