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150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
365 Rifle Camp Rd, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
1555 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
125 Half Mile Rd, Suite 100, Red Bank, NJ 07701
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
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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