Top Matawan, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
314 48th Street, Union City, NJ 07087
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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159 Millburn Ave, Millburn, NJ 07041
80 Main Street, Suite 580, West Orange, NJ 07052
494 Broad St, 5th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
614 Main Street, Suite 201, Toms River, NJ 08753
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
505 Goffle Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
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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