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549 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
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1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
502 U.S. 22, Lebanon, NJ 08833
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70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
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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