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277 North Broad St, PO Box 234, Elizabeth, NJ 07030
2053 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ 08817
6 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
9 Park Avenue, 1st Floor, Caldwell, NJ 07006
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
345 Union Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
2150 Headquarters Plaza 3rd Floor, Morristown, NJ 07963
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
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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