Top Toms River, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
901 West Park Avenue, Ocean, NJ 07712
1054 Clifton Ave, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07013
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
2 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
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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