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400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
661 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 420, Warren, NJ 07059
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
123 South Ave E, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ 07090
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
85 Main Street, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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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