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58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
2 University Plaza Dr, Suite 55, Hackensack, NJ 07601
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
75 Main St, Suite 1, Manasquan, NJ 08736
25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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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