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25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
100 Jefferson Ave, Suite 301, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
45 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
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16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
746 Highway 34, Suite 8, Matawan, NJ 07747
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
130 Mansfield Street, Belvidere, NJ 07823
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
25 Prospect Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
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Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
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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