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87 South St, Freehold, NJ 07728
600 Campus Drive, Florham Park, NJ 07932
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1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
110a Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
175 Fairfield Avenue, PO Box 505, West Caldwell, NJ 07007
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
50 Nelson St., Dover, NJ 07801
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Suite 4202, Holmdel, NJ 07733
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
1435 Morris Ave, Suite 2M, Union, NJ 07083
186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016
255 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
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383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
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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