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1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
121 Washington St, 2nd Floor, Toms River, NJ 08753
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
155 Polifly Road, Suite 201, Hackensack, NJ 07601
8 Hickory Drive, PO Box 401, Caldwell, NJ 07006
8 Wood Hollow Road, Plaza 3, Parsippany, NJ 07054
322 NJ-35, Suite 300, Red Bank, NJ 07701
24 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
9 Park Avenue, 1st Floor, Caldwell, NJ 07006
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
3125 Route 10E, Suite 2C, Denville, NJ 07834
400 North Bridge Street, Suite 5, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
864 Broadway, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
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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