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518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
111 Town Square Place, #1203, Jersey City, NJ 07310
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
50 Division St, Suite 501, Somerville, NJ 08876
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
372 Route 22 West, Suite 1B, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
111-113 Main, Hackensack, NJ 07601
30 Two Bridges Road, Suite 260, Fairfield, NJ 07004
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173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
354 Eisenhower Parkway, Plaza I, Suite 2300, Livingston, NJ 07039
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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