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725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
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89 Headquarters Plaza North, Morristown, NJ 07960
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
60 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ 07004
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
5 Elm Row, Suite 104, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
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311 Springfield Ave, Summit, NJ 07901
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
50 Division St, Suite 501, Somerville, NJ 08876
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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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