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110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
9 Park Avenue, 1st Floor, Caldwell, NJ 07006
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030
166 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
277 N Broad, Box 0015, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
75 Main St, Suite 1, Manasquan, NJ 08736
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
25 Prospect Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
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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