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80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
110 Hillside Avenue, Suite 204, Springfield, NJ 07081
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
528 Market St, Newark, NJ 07105
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095-0958
58-60 Main Street, Third Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
89 Headquarters Plaza North, Morristown, NJ 07960
14 Moebus Place, Clinton, NJ 08809
60 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ 07004
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
25 Village Court Highway, Suite 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932
331 Newman Springs Road, Building 3, Suite #310, Red Bank, NJ 07701-5692
7 Giralda Farms, Suite 250, Madison, NJ 07940
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
30 Montgomery Street, Suite 990, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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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