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411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
2424 Morris Avenue, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
47 Maple St, Atrium Third Floor, Summit, NJ 07901
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
39 Hudson, Suite 405, Hackensack, NJ 07601
246 Union Boulevard, Totowa, NJ 07512
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430 Mountain Ave, Suite 103, New Providence, NJ 07974
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
123 US Highway 46, Suite 1B, Netcong, NJ 07857
501 Grand Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712
111 Grove, PO Box 273, Lodi, NJ 07644
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
3 2nd Street, Suite 202, Jersey City, NJ 07302
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
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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