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60 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
One Gateway Center, Suite 1510, Newark, NJ 07102
245 Main Street, Suite 203, Chester, NJ 07930
703 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
87 South St, Freehold, NJ 07728
411 Hackensack Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
360 Hawkins Place, 2nd FL, Boonton, NJ 07005
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
1929 NJ-27, Suite 100, Edison, NJ 08817
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
15 Independence Blvd, Suite 420, Warren, NJ 07059
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
354 State Street, Suite 202, Hackensack, NJ 07601
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
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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