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51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
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60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
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415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
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175 Fairfield Avenue, PO Box 505, West Caldwell, NJ 07007
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
50 Nelson St., Dover, NJ 07801
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20 Court Street, Suite 4, Hackensack, NJ 07601
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
30 Two Bridges Road, Suite 260, Fairfield, NJ 07004
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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