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1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
96 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
70 Grand Ave, Suite 200, River Edge, NJ 07661
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
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196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
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750 Broad St, Suite 202, 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