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928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
3 2nd Street, Suite 202, Jersey City, NJ 07302
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
365 Rifle Camp Rd, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
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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