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29 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
177 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
50 Northfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Waterview Plaza, 2001 US Hwy 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
70 Grand Ave, Suite 200, River Edge, NJ 07661
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
155 North Dean Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
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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