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60 Washington St, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
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200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
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411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
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54 Hudson St, Suite 203, Freehold, NJ 07728
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
One University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
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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