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247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
85 Main Street, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
43 Broad Street, PO Box 230, Washington, NJ 07882
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
309 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
157 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
576 Main St, Chatham, NJ 07928
130 Maple Avenue, PO Box 8610, Red Bank, NJ 07701
29 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
60 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
21 Main St Ct Plaza S, West Wing, Suite 151, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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