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438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
15 East Midland Ave, Suite 3A, Paramus, NJ 07652
45 Essex, Hackensack, NJ 07601
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
21 Main St, Court Plaza South, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
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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