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30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
344 Grove Street, Suite 500, Jersey City, NJ 07302
47 Maple St, Atrium Third Floor, Summit, NJ 07901
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Drug Possession Lawyers | Serving Scotch Plains, NJ
887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
5 Sylvan Way, PO Box 218, Parsippany, NJ 07054
89 Headquarters Plaza North, Morristown, NJ 07960
60 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ 07004
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 730, Newark, NJ 07102
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
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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