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60 Park Place, Suite 105, Newark, NJ 07102
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
740 Broad St, Suite 200, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
243 Broadway #9188, SMB 38214, Newark, NJ 07104
100 E Hanover Ave, Suite 402, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
196 Riva Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850
66 NJ-17, Suite 200, Paramus, NJ 07652
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
331 Newman Springs Road, #225, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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3600 NJ Route 66, Suite 150, Neptune, NJ 07753
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
411 Hackensack Avenue, 10th Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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