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70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
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518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
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67 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
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466 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
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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