Top Millstone Township, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
33-41 Newark St., Suite 4A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
1929 Highway 27, Edison, NJ 08817
405 Centre St, Nutley, NJ 07110
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 24, Mendham, NJ 07945
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
2150 Headquarters Plaza 3rd Floor, Morristown, NJ 07963
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
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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