Top Jackson, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
549 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
60 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
235 Main St, Suite 101, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Gateway Center, Suite 1510, Newark, NJ 07102
382 Springfield Ave, Suite 300, Summit, NJ 07901
136 Central Avenue, Clark, NJ 07066
2317 Highway 34, Ste 2C, Manasquan, NJ 08736
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
830 Morris Turnpike, Suite 304, Short Hills, NJ 07078
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
45 Essex, Hackensack, NJ 07601
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
Route 202, PO Box 187, Montville, NJ 07045
50 Nelson St., Dover, NJ 07801
175 Fairfield Avenue, PO Box 505, West Caldwell, NJ 07007
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
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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