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4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
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1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
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123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
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150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
405 Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07202
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
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276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
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24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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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