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8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
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100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
200 Passaic St, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
705A Amboy Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095
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200 Broadacres Dr Suite #325,, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
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2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
9 Park Avenue, 1st Floor, Caldwell, NJ 07006
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
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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