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1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
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179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
502 Amboy Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
215 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
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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