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277 North Broad St, PO Box 234, Elizabeth, NJ 07030
63 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
685 Van Houten Ave, Clifton, NJ 07013
7 Glenwood Ave, East Orange, NJ 07017
2 Tower Center Blvd., 24th Floor, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
334 Milltown Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
234 Main, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
111 Grove, PO Box 273, Lodi, NJ 07644
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
955 NJ-34, Suite 200, Matawan, NJ 07747
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
14 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
25 Main Court Plaza North, Hackensack, NJ 07601
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
1 University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
110A Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 101, Secaucus, NJ 07094
276 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
1827 East 2nd Street, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
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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