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21 Main St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601-7054
186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
255 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2708
6 Dumont Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
Route 202, PO Box 187, Montville, NJ 07045
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20 Court Street, Suite 4, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, 18th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
111-113 Main, Hackensack, NJ 07601
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
30 Two Bridges Road, Suite 260, Fairfield, NJ 07004
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
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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