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5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
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186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
250 Pehle Ave, Park 80 West, Plaza One, Suite 305, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
12 Oakland Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
705A Amboy Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
200 Passaic St, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
25 Monument Street, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
200 Broadacres Dr Suite #325,, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
57 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
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609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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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