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98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
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27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
1720 Rt. 34, Suite 10, Wall Township, NJ 07727
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
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405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
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50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
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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