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60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
80 Main Street, Suite 580, West Orange, NJ 07052
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
379 Thronall Street, 8th Floor, PO Box 2940, Edison, NJ 08818
1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
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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