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928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
466 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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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