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500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
309 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
379 Thronall Street, 8th Floor, PO Box 2940, Edison, NJ 08818
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
68 North Bridge Street, Somerville, NJ 08876
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
125 Half Mile Rd, Suite 100, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, 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