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4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
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313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
80 Broadway, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
21 Main St, Court Plaza South, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
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1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
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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