Top Highlands, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
111 Town Square Place, #1203, Jersey City, NJ 07310
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
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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