Top Red Bank, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
350 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 106, Red Bank, NJ 07701
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
1338 North Ave, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
1500 Lawrence Avenue, CN 7807, Ocean, NJ 07712
1 University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
Harborside 5, 185 Hudson Street, Suite 2510, Jersey City, NJ 07311
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 24H, Mendham, NJ 07945
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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