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26 Journal Square Plaza, Suite 300, Jersey City, NJ 07306
518 Stuyvesant Avenue, Suite 300, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
69 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2438
105 Eisenhower Pkwy, Roseland, NJ 07068
374 Millburn Ave, Suite 202E, Millburn, NJ 07041
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
17A Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
551 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
262 East Main, Rockaway, NJ 07866
149 Washington St., 1st Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
440-65th Street, West New York, NJ 07093
150 Bay St, Suite 338, Jersey City, NJ 07302
2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601
651 Old West Mount Pleasant Ave, Suite 150, Livingston, NJ 07039
75 Main St, Suite 1, Manasquan, NJ 08736
Two Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
44 Washington Street, Suite 101, Toms River, NJ 08753
42a N 20th St, Kenilworth, NJ 07033
1500 Lawrence Avenue, CN 7807, Ocean, NJ 07712
1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 2, Suite 2, Somerset, NJ 08873
80 Main Street, Suite 260, West Orange, NJ 07052
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