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703 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
60 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
49 Market Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
135 US-202, Suite 2, Bedminster, NJ 07921
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
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167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
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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