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159 Millburn Ave, Millburn, NJ 07041
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
60 Park Place, Suite 1000, Newark, NJ 07102-5504
727 Raritan Road, Clark, NJ 07066
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
614 Main Street, Suite 201, Toms River, NJ 08753
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
661 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
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328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
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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