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1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
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101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
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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