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170 E Main St, Rockaway, NJ 07866
347 Mt. Pleasant Ave #203, West Orange, NJ 07052
549 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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63 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
245 Main Street, Suite 203, Chester, NJ 07930
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
24 Commerce St, Suite 1726, Newark, NJ 07102
76 S. Orange Avenue, Suite ST01, South Orange, NJ 07079
550 Broad Street, Suite 608, Newark, NJ 07102
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
3 University Plaza Drive, Suite 407, Hackensack, NJ 07601
560 Main Street, Second Floor, Chatham, NJ 07928
100 Bayard Street, PO Box 1030, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
80 Main St, Suite 455, West Orange, NJ 07052
50 Park Place, Suite 1400, Newark, NJ 07102
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
53 Paterson Street, Suite 1, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
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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