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330 Passaic Ave, Ste. 204, Fairfield, NJ 07004
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
166 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
54 Hudson St, Suite 203, Freehold, NJ 07728
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 420, Warren, NJ 07059
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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