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27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
350 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052
27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
1 University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
96 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 106, Red Bank, NJ 07701
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
901 West Park Avenue, Ocean, NJ 07712
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
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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