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50 Tice Boulevard, Suite 380, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677
5 Sylvan Way, PO Box 218, Parsippany, NJ 07054
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
115 West Century Road, Suite 100, Paramus, NJ 07652
150 Clove Rd, 9th Floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
80 Broadway, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
365 Rifle Camp Rd, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2708
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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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