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788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
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20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
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25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
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14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
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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