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One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
67 Park Place East, Suite 800, Morristown, NJ 07960
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
317 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
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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