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66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
180 Kings Hwy, Middletown, NJ 07748
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
2 University Plaza Dr, Suite 55, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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