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27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
67 Park Place East, Suite 800, Morristown, NJ 07960
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
249 Brick Boulevard, Brick, NJ 08723
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
70 Grand Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661
86 Washington Ave, Milltown, NJ 08850
24 Commerce St, 12th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
4 York Avenue, 2nd FL, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
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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