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150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
1500 Lawrence Avenue, CN 7807, Ocean, NJ 07712
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
314 48th Street, Union City, NJ 07087
438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, 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