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250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
2515 County Road 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
54 Hudson St, Suite 203, Freehold, NJ 07728
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
830 Morris Turnpike, Suite 304, Short Hills, NJ 07078
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555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
550 Broad Street, Suite 608, Newark, NJ 07102
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90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
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1 Elm Street, Suite 2, Westfield, NJ 07090
60 Court Street, Suite 2, 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