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79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
277 N Broad, Box 0015, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
30 Montgomery St, Suite 960, Jersey City, NJ 07302
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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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