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Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Watchung, NJ
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25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
47 Maple St, Atrium Third Floor, Summit, NJ 07901
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Livingston, NJ
103 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 401, Roseland, NJ 07068
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Livingston, NJ
887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
201 Littleton Road, PO Box 513, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
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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