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313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
80 Main St, Suite 455, West Orange, NJ 07052
50 Park Place, Suite 1400, Newark, NJ 07102
560 Main Street, Second Floor, Chatham, NJ 07928
3 University Plaza Drive, Suite 407, Hackensack, NJ 07601
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
330 Passaic Ave, Ste. 204, Fairfield, NJ 07004
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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