Top Upper Freehold, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
9 Park Avenue, 1st Floor, Caldwell, NJ 07006
25 E Salem St, Ste 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
27 Madison Avenue, Suite 50, Paramus, NJ 07652
350 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052
201 Mongomery Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 263, Jersey City, NJ 07302
27 Warren Street, Suite 302, Hackensack, NJ 07601
560 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 106, Red Bank, NJ 07701
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
301 Route 17 North, Suite 800, Rutherford, NJ 07070
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
26 Journal Square, Suite 1201, Jersey City, NJ 07306
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
340 Mt. Kemble Ave, Suite 300, Morristown, NJ 07960
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60 Park Place, Suite 1101, Newark, NJ 07102
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
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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