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40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
2150 Headquarters Plaza 3rd Floor, Morristown, NJ 07963
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030
1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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