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703 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
382 Springfield Ave, Suite 300, Summit, NJ 07901
235 Main St, Suite 101, Hackensack, NJ 07601
245 Main Street, Suite 203, Chester, NJ 07930
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
201 Littleton Road, PO Box 513, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
130 Mansfield Street, Belvidere, NJ 07823
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
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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