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1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
1076 Highway 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
505 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
625 Broad St, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102
609 N Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
425 Summit Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
60 Washington Street, Suite 200, Morristown, NJ 07960
33 Washington Street, Suite 1010, Newark, NJ 07102
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
277 N Broad, Box 0015, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
405 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105
750 Broad Street, Suite 3, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
1719 Route 10 East, South Lobby, Suite 114, Parsippany, NJ 07054
35 Court St, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
97 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
500 Valley Road, Box 3097, Wayne, NJ 07474
22 Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960
309 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
475 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107
30 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
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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