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100 Southgate Pkwy, Suite 150, Morristown, NJ 07960
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733
871 Allwood Road, Suite 2A, Clifton, NJ 07012
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
1 State Highway 12, Suite 201, Flemington, NJ 08822
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
1299 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
Court Plaza South, East Wing, 21 Main Street, Suite 304, Hackensack, NJ 07601
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186 South Wood Ave, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830
5158 Route 9 S, Howell, NJ 07731
1012 Broad Street, Second FL, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
36 Monmouth St, Unit 2, Red Bank, NJ 07701
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
47 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
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1593 Route 88 West, Brick, NJ 08724
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
8 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
70 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
178 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 200, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
3 W Railroad Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
Northpoint Professional Building, 176 Route 9, Suite 303, Englishtown, NJ 07726
615 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032-2805
313 State, Box 1336, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
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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