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500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
1555 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
331 Central Ave, Orange, NJ 07050
1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
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30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
675 Morris Ave, Suite 300, Springfield, NJ 07081
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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