Top Lakewood, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
1720 Rt. 34, Suite 10, Wall Township, NJ 07727
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
350 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 106, Red Bank, NJ 07701
27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
1 University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
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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