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411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
494 Broad St, 5th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
505 Goffle Rd, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
80 Main Street, Suite 580, West Orange, NJ 07052
60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
614 Main Street, Suite 201, Toms River, NJ 08753
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
2150 Headquarters Plaza 3rd Floor, Morristown, NJ 07963
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
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2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
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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