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1 Elm Street, Suite 2, Westfield, NJ 07090
609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
4 Auer Ct, Suite E & F, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
317 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
498 Route 35 N, Box 1227, Normandy Beach, NJ 08739
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
54 Hudson St, Suite 203, Freehold, NJ 07728
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
450 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 100, Verona, NJ 07044
149 Washington St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
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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