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Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving North Bergen, NJ
299 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving North Bergen, NJ
111 Wood Ave, Suite 501, Iselin, NJ 08830
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
176 U.S. 9 #303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
5 Sylvan Way, PO Box 218, Parsippany, NJ 07054
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
89 Headquarters Plaza North, Morristown, NJ 07960
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
115 West Century Road, Suite 100, Paramus, NJ 07652
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
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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