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35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
85 Main Street, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
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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