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609 Main St, Toms River, NJ 08754
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
25 Monument Street, Suite 1A, Freehold, NJ 07728
705A Amboy Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095
57 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
117 West Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039
79 Main Street, Suite One, Hackensack, NJ 07601
570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102
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1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
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400 Connell Drive, Suite 1100, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
24 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
331 Newman Springs Rd., Bldg 1, Ste 143, Red Bank, NJ 07701
One University Plaza, Suite 212, Hackensack, NJ 07601
98 East Water Street, Toms River, NJ 08753
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
79 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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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