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47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
21 Main St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601-7054
255 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
171 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016
216 Erneston Road, Parlin, NJ 08859
383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
136 Central Avenue, Clark, NJ 07066
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
235 Main St, Suite 101, Hackensack, NJ 07601
361 NJ-31, Suite 801, Flemington, NJ 08822
7-G Auer Court, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
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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