Top Oakland, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
703 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
60 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
585 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
79 Main Street, Suite One, 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