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172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
85 Main Street, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 24, Mendham, NJ 07945
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 420, Warren, NJ 07059
2317 Highway 34, Ste 2C, Manasquan, NJ 08736
502 Amboy Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
Route 202, PO Box 187, Montville, NJ 07045
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
171 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
175 Fairfield Avenue, PO Box 505, West Caldwell, NJ 07007
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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