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450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
214 Washington, PO Box 1117, Toms River, NJ 08754
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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430 Mountain Ave, Suite 103, New Providence, NJ 07974
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
246 Union Boulevard, Totowa, NJ 07512
39 Hudson, Suite 405, Hackensack, NJ 07601
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
123 US Highway 46, Suite 1B, Netcong, NJ 07857
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234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
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36 Fairview Terrace, PO Box 95, Paramus, NJ 07652
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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