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One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
1929 Highway 27, Edison, NJ 08817
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
1090 Main St, Suite 502, Paterson, NJ 07503
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
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299 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
57 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
25 Monument Street, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
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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