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485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
201 Littleton Road, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
450 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
135 Prospect St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2708
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
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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