Top Tenafly, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
60 Court Street, Suite 2, Hackensack, NJ 07601
372 Route 22 West, Suite 1B, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
173 Livingston Ave, Suite 202, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
157 Broad Street, Suite 201, Red Bank, NJ 07701
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
14 Village Park Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
14 Washington Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
746 Highway 34, Suite 8, Matawan, NJ 07747
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
25 Prospect Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
433 Hackensack Ave, Suite 1002, Hackensack, NJ 07601
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 304, Edison, NJ 08817
50 Harrison Street, Suite 204A, Hoboken, NJ 07030
1010 Summit Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
25 Monument Street, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
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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