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150 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
40 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960
7 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
244 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
365 Rifle Camp Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
300 Lighting Way, Suite 200, Secaucus, NJ 07094
61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, NJ 07652
466 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
340 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ 07016
268 Norwood Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
1 Legal Lane at 53 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
989 Sanford Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
2160 North Central Road, Suite 306, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
179 Fern Road, Floor 1, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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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