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8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
614 Main Street, Suite 201, Toms River, NJ 08753
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
466 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
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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