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1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
438 County Rd 513, Suite 2B, Califon, NJ 07830
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
89 Headquarters Plaza N, Suite 1222, Morristown, NJ 07960
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
383 West Blackwell, PO Box 1004, Dover, NJ 07802
67 E. Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ 07960
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
176 U.S. 9 #303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
186 N Ave E, Cranford, NJ 07016
136 Central Avenue, Clark, NJ 07066
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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