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150 Clove Rd, 9th Floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
15 Warren Street, PH West, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2708
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
169 Ramapo Valley Road, Upper Level - Suite 105, Oakland, NJ 07436
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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