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96 Newark Pompton Turnpike, PO Box 360, Little Falls, NJ 07424
378 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
70 S Orange Avenue, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039-4914
1 Pelican Drive, Suite 6 - Second Floor, Bayville, NJ 08721
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
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65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
157 Ackerman Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
550 Broad Street, Suite 608, Newark, NJ 07102
1076 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
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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