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97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
1771 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
68 North Bridge Street, Somerville, NJ 08876
783 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
651 Old West Mt. Pleasant Ave, Suite 200, Livingston, NJ 07039
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887 Kinderkamack Road, Suite 3, River Edge, NJ 07661
1086 Teaneck Road, Suite 3A, Teaneck, NJ 07666
277 N Broad, Box 0015, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
103 Brighton Ave, 3rd Floor, Long Branch, NJ 07740
60 US-46, Suite 100, Fairfield, NJ 07004
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
1 Lower Notch Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424
61 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
33-41 Newark St., Suite 4A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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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