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80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
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1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016
383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
136 Central Avenue, Clark, NJ 07066
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
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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