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400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
24 Bergen St, Suite 200, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
1 Elm Street, Suite 2, Westfield, NJ 07090
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
4 Auer Ct, Suite E & F, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
70 Grand Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
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3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
750 Broad St, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
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186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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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