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One River Centre, 331 Newman Springs Rd, Bld 1, St. 136, Red Bank, NJ 07701
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
80 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
180 Kings Hwy, Middletown, NJ 07748
415 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869
172 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
66 South Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08757
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
600 Valley Rd, Ste 205, Wayne, NJ 07470
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
123 North Union Ave., Suite 304, Cranford, NJ 07016
20 Mercer St, Suite 3i, Hackensack, NJ 07601
603 Mattison Ave, Suite 320, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
45 Court St, Suite 201, Freehold, NJ 07728
120 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 325, East Hanover, NJ 07936
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
555 U.S. Highway 1 South, Suite 440, Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
90 Washington Valley Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
2 South Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202
200 Sheffield St, Suite 212, Mountainside, NJ 07092
75 Livingston Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
25 Sycamore Ave, Suite 103, Little Silver, NJ 07739
86 Washington Ave, Milltown, NJ 08850
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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