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169 Maple Ave, Red Bank, NJ 07701
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
405 Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07202
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
1500 Lawrence Avenue, CN 7807, Ocean, NJ 07712
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
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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