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100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
111 Grove, PO Box 273, Lodi, NJ 07644
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
169 Ramapo Valley Road, Upper Level - Suite 105, Oakland, NJ 07436
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 24H, Mendham, NJ 07945
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1827 E 2nd St, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
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