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65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
379 Thronall Street, 8th Floor, PO Box 2940, Edison, NJ 08818
57 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
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214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
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239 New Rd, Suite B312, Parsippany, NJ 07054
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
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500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
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73 Church Street, 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