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45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
830 Morris Turnpike, Suite 304, Short Hills, NJ 07078
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
239 New Rd, Suite B312, Parsippany, NJ 07054
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
379 Thronall Street, 8th Floor, PO Box 2940, Edison, NJ 08818
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
180 Kings Hwy, Middletown, NJ 07748
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
314 48th Street, Union City, NJ 07087
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
2 University Plaza Dr, Suite 55, Hackensack, NJ 07601
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
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