Top Matawan, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
1 Elm Street, Suite 2, Westfield, NJ 07090
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
33-41 Newark St., Suite 4A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
405 Centre St, Nutley, NJ 07110
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
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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