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277 North Broad St, PO Box 234, Elizabeth, NJ 07030
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170 E Main St, Rockaway, NJ 07866
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600 Campus Drive, Florham Park, NJ 07932
70 S Orange Avenue, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039-4914
96 Newark Pompton Turnpike, PO Box 360, Little Falls, NJ 07424
1 Pelican Drive, Suite 6 - Second Floor, Bayville, NJ 08721
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63 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
378 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078
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1250 Sussex Turnpike, Suite G, Mount Freedom, NJ 07970
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100 Hamilton Plaza, Suite 405, Paterson, NJ 07505
703 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
685 Van Houten Ave, Clifton, NJ 07013
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55 Harristown Rd, Suite 305, Glen Rock, NJ 07452
301 Route 17 N, Suite 211, 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