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528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
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14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
746 Highway 34, Suite 8, Matawan, NJ 07747
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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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