Top Matawan, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
549 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
100 East Hanover Avenue, Suite 201, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
301 Route 17 N, Suite 211, Rutherford, NJ 07070
245 Main Street, Suite 203, Chester, NJ 07930
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Connell Corporate Center III, 400 Connell Drive, Suite 5400, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2775
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
60 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ 07004
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, 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