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299 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1090 Main St, Suite 502, Paterson, NJ 07503
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
57 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
25 Prospect Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
200 Broadacres Dr Suite #325,, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
200 Passaic St, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
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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