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254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
175 Fairfield Avenue, PO Box 505, West Caldwell, NJ 07007
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50 Nelson St., Dover, NJ 07801
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Suite 4202, Holmdel, NJ 07733
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303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
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383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
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864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
675 Morris Ave, Suite 300, Springfield, NJ 07081
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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