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50 Nelson St., Dover, NJ 07801
171 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
21 Main St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601-7054
255 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016
383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
6 Dumont Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
Route 202, PO Box 187, Montville, NJ 07045
280 NJ-35, Suite 401A, Red Bank, NJ 07701
2317 Highway 34, Ste 2C, Manasquan, NJ 08736
501 Grand Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
Waterview Plaza, 2001 US Hwy 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
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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