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One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
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26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
648 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
29 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
130 Maple Avenue, PO Box 8610, Red Bank, NJ 07701
354 Eisenhower Parkway, Plaza I, Suite 2300, Livingston, NJ 07039
60 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
33-41 Newark St., Suite 4A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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405 Centre St, Nutley, NJ 07110
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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