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1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
901 West Park Avenue, Ocean, NJ 07712
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
314 48th Street, Union City, NJ 07087
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
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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