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1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
314 48th Street, Union City, NJ 07087
1037 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
651 Old Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 270, Livingston, NJ 07039
4 Paragon Way, Suite 400, Freehold, NJ 07728
928 Mountain Ave, 2nd Floor, Mountainside, NJ 07092
518 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
254 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
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