Top Long Branch, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
70 Grand Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Connell Corporate Center III, 400 Connell Drive, Suite 5400, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2775
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030
2150 Headquarters Plaza 3rd Floor, Morristown, NJ 07963
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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