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276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
365 W. Passaic Street, Suite 130, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
146 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
309 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
345 Union Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
485 Totowa Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
661 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
21 Main St Ct Plaza S, West Wing, Suite 151, Hackensack, NJ 07601
303 George Street, PO Box 78, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0011
123 US Highway 46, Suite 1B, Netcong, NJ 07857
530 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
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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