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276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
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250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
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3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
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16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
25 Prospect Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
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142 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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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