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100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
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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