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220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
150 Clove Rd, 9th Floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
47 Maple St, Atrium Third Floor, Summit, NJ 07901
783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
201 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
One Lowenstein Drive, Roseland, NJ 07068
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
One Newark Center, 1085 Raymond Blvd., 19th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
405 Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07202
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
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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