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58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2708
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
309 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
5 Elm Row, Suite 104, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
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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