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21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
21 Main St Ct Plaza S, West Wing, Suite 151, Hackensack, NJ 07601
123 US Highway 46, Suite 1B, Netcong, NJ 07857
111 Grove, PO Box 273, Lodi, NJ 07644
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
955 NJ-34, Suite 200, Matawan, NJ 07747
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Connell Corporate Center III, 400 Connell Drive, Suite 5400, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2775
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
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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