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One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
80 Broadway, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
21 Main St, Court Plaza South, Suite 305, Hackensack, NJ 07601
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
247 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 24H, Mendham, NJ 07945
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
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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