Top Freehold, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
111 Wood Ave, Suite 501, Iselin, NJ 08830
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
70 Grand Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
86 Washington Ave, Milltown, NJ 08850
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
166 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
24 Commerce St, 12th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
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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