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1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
1715 State Rt 35, Suite 301, Middletown, NJ 07748
242 10th Street, Suite 103, Jersey City, NJ 07302
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
54 Grove St, Box 857, Somerville, NJ 08876
1638 Center Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
388 Pompton Ave., Suite 8, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
25 Monument St, Freehold, NJ 07728
400 North Main Street, Building 1, Suite #4, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. 1, 4th Floor, Suite 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120, Short Hills, NJ 07078
Waterview Plaza, 2001 US Hwy 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
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200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
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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