Top Highlands, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
80 Court Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
7 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ 07940
26 Journal Square, Suite 1205, Jersey City, NJ 07306
620 West Lacey Road, PO Box 1057, Forked River, NJ 08731
549 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
175 Hudson, Hackensack, NJ 07601
901 West Park Avenue, Ocean, NJ 07712
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
705A Amboy Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
200 Passaic St, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
200 Broadacres Dr Suite #325,, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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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