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379 Thronall Street, 8th Floor, PO Box 2940, Edison, NJ 08818
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1 Main St, Suite 305, Eatontown, NJ 07724
1555 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
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68 N Bridge, Suite #1a, Somerville, NJ 08876
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
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1000 US-9, Suite 303, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
2006 NJ-71, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
3121 Atlantic Avenue, Floor 1, Allenwood, NJ 08720
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
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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