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54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
67 Park Place East, Suite 800, Morristown, NJ 07960
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
70 Grand Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
5 Sylvan Way, Suite 110, Parsippany, NJ 07054
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
86 Washington Ave, Milltown, NJ 08850
24 Commerce St, 12th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
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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