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201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
1500 Lawrence Avenue, CN 7807, Ocean, NJ 07712
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
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300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
75 Main St, Suite 1, Manasquan, NJ 08736
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
96 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
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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