Top Hazlet, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 420, Warren, NJ 07059
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
2150 Headquarters Plaza 3rd Floor, Morristown, NJ 07963
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
746 Highway 34, Suite 8, Matawan, NJ 07747
1929 Highway 27, Edison, NJ 08817
16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
25 Prospect Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
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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