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157 Ackerman Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
675 Morris Ave, Suite 300, Springfield, NJ 07081
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
1719 Route 10 East, South Lobby, Suite 114, Parsippany, NJ 07054
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
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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