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17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
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354 Eisenhower Parkway, Plaza I, Suite 2300, Livingston, NJ 07039
8501 Kennedy Blvd, North Bergen, NJ 07047
328 Newman Springs Rd, Red Bank, NJ 07701
437 60th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
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21 Main St, Ste 250, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, 18th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
20 Court Street, Suite 4, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
29 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
157 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
130 Maple Avenue, PO Box 8610, Red Bank, NJ 07701
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
175 Hudson, Hackensack, NJ 07601
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
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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