Top Union Beach, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
75 Livingston Ave, Suite 101, Roseland, NJ 07068
180 Park Ave, Suite 106, Florham Park, NJ 07932
180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 200, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
101 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 300, Roseland, NJ 07068
55 North Gaston Avenue, PO Box 458, Somerville, NJ 08876
80 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
1 University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
320 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
48 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
1111 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
1929 Highway 27, Edison, NJ 08817
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
19 N. County Line Rd., Suite 14, Jackson, NJ 08527
25 Main St, Court Plaza North, Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
20 Commerce Dr, Suite 135, Cranford, NJ 07016
6 South St, Suite 202, Morristown, NJ 07960
111 Town Square Place, #1203, Jersey City, NJ 07310
167 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
346 Grand Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
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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