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651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
1555 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
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169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
1 Elm Street, Suite 2, Westfield, NJ 07090
4 Auer Ct, Suite E & F, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
6 Throckmorton Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
70 Grand Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
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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