Top Freehold, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
166 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
45 Essex, Hackensack, NJ 07601
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
328 Newman Springs Rd, Red Bank, NJ 07701
5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
142 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