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450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1 Main Street, Suite 6, Sparta, NJ 07871
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
345 Union Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
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651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
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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