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9 Kansas St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
80 Broadway, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
21 Main St, Court Plaza South, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
201 Littleton Road, PO Box 513, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
85 Main Street, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
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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