Top Jersey City, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
405 Centre St, Nutley, NJ 07110
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
45 Essex, Hackensack, NJ 07601
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
250 Pehle Ave, Park 80 West, Plaza One, Suite 305, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
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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