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51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
661 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
2150 Headquarters Plaza 3rd Floor, Morristown, NJ 07963
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
169 Union Boulevard, Suite 2C, Totowa, NJ 07512
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
115 West Century Road, Suite 100, Paramus, NJ 07652
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
150 Clove Rd, 9th Floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
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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