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69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, First Floor West, Short Hills, NJ 07078-2713
26 Journal Square, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
54 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
1085 Raymond Blvd, One Newark Center, 21st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
Connell Corporate Center III, 400 Connell Drive, Suite 5400, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2775
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
4400 US-9, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728
Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
2006 NJ-71, Suite 2, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1520, Newark, NJ 07102
One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
17 Pica Place, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
1500 Allaire Avenue, Suite 104, Ocean, NJ 07712
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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