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55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
1415 Queen Anne Road, Suite 206, Teaneck, NJ 07666
1090 Main St, Suite 502, Paterson, NJ 07503
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
28 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
788 Shrewsbury Ave, Suite 2209, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
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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