Top Long Branch, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
85 Main Street, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
96 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
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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