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73 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
3 2nd Street, Suite 202, Jersey City, NJ 07302
100 S. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
721 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
Route 202, PO Box 187, Montville, NJ 07045
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
175 Fairfield Avenue, PO Box 505, West Caldwell, NJ 07007
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 405, Roseland, NJ 07068
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
50 Nelson St., Dover, NJ 07801
21 Main St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601-7054
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
171 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
255 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
6 Dumont Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Court Plaza South, West Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 250, Hackensack, NJ 07601
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
437 60th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
2317 Highway 34, Ste 2C, Manasquan, NJ 08736
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
111-113 Main, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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