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80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
725 Carol Avenue, PO Box 490, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
2204 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
111 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 24H, Mendham, NJ 07945
1379 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
32 Mercer, Hackensack, NJ 07601
43 Broad Street, PO Box 230, Washington, NJ 07882
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
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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