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60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
60 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ 07004
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
5 Sylvan Way, PO Box 218, Parsippany, NJ 07054
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
15 Warren Street, PH West, 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