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60 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
347 Mt. Pleasant Ave #203, West Orange, NJ 07052
382 Springfield Ave, Suite 300, Summit, NJ 07901
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078
1 Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
5 Elm Row, Suite 104, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
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111 Town Square Place, #1203, Jersey City, NJ 07310
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
501 Grand Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, 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