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1 Elm Street, Suite 2, Westfield, NJ 07090
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1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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