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505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
3 2nd Street, Suite 202, Jersey City, NJ 07302
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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