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141 West Front St, Suite 240, Red Bank, NJ 07701
1250 Sussex Turnpike, Suite G, Mount Freedom, NJ 07970
26 Journal Square, Suite 1205, Jersey City, NJ 07306
703 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
901 West Park Avenue, Ocean, NJ 07712
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
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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