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4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
317 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
180 Kings Hwy, Middletown, NJ 07748
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
550 Broad Street, Suite 608, Newark, NJ 07102
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
1076 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
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3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
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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