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1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
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331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
89 Headquarters Plaza North, Morristown, NJ 07960
351 Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
150 Clove Rd, 9th Floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
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783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
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90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
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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