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201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1076 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
166 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
1719 Route 10 East, South Lobby, Suite 114, Parsippany, NJ 07054
1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
155 Passaic Ave, Suite 420, Fairfield, NJ 07004
661 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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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