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2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
309 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
166 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
175 Hudson, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
157 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
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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