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117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
25 Prospect Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
200 Passaic St, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
200 Broadacres Dr Suite #325,, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
830 Morris Turnpike, Suite 304, Short Hills, NJ 07078
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
142 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
2424 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
60 Washington St, Ste 107, Morristown, NJ 07960
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
76 S. Orange Avenue, Suite ST01, South Orange, NJ 07079
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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