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740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
70 Grand Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
89 Headquarters Plaza N, Suite 1222, Morristown, NJ 07960
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
157 Ackerman Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
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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