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277 North Broad St, PO Box 234, Elizabeth, NJ 07030
80 Court Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
600 Campus Drive, Florham Park, NJ 07932
157 Engle St, Englewood, NJ 07631
685 Van Houten Ave, Clifton, NJ 07013
63 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
277 N Broad, Box 0015, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
550 Broad Street, Suite 608, Newark, NJ 07102
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
111 Town Square Place, #1203, Jersey City, NJ 07310
117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
705A Amboy Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095
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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