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7 Glenwood Ave, East Orange, NJ 07017
378 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
201 Littleton Road, PO Box 513, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
1076 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
1 Main St, Suite 8, Sparta, NJ 07871
150 Passaic Avenue, Box 838, Passaic, NJ 07055
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
67 Park Place East, Suite 800, Morristown, NJ 07960
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
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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