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299 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1090 Main St, Suite 502, Paterson, NJ 07503
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
505 Goffle Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
80 Main Street, Suite 580, West Orange, NJ 07052
159 Millburn Ave, Millburn, NJ 07041
494 Broad St, 5th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
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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