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1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
1 Elm Street, Suite 2, Westfield, NJ 07090
4 Auer Ct, Suite E & F, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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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