Top Ocean, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
60 Washington St, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2160 North Central Road, Suite 306, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
155 Passaic Ave, Suite 420, Fairfield, NJ 07004
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
592 Ridge Road, Suite 2, North Arlington, Nj 07031
425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
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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