Top Middletown, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
60 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
382 Springfield Ave, Suite 300, Summit, NJ 07901
245 Main Street, Suite 203, Chester, NJ 07930
235 Main St, Suite 101, Hackensack, NJ 07601
277 North Broad St, PO Box 234, Elizabeth, NJ 07030
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
70 Grand Ave, Suite 200, River Edge, NJ 07661
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
86 Washington Ave, Milltown, NJ 08850
24 Commerce St, 12th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
45 Essex, Hackensack, NJ 07601
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
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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