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344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
466 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
1929 Highway 27, Edison, NJ 08817
5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 24, Mendham, NJ 07945
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 420, Warren, NJ 07059
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
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299 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
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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