Top Wanaque, NJ Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
One Gateway Cente, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 200, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
2 North Dean St, Suite 200, Englewood, NJ 07631
94 Wanaque Ave, #135, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
790 Bloomfield Ave., Building A, Suite 2, Clifton, NJ 07012
466 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07107
1 Tower Center Blvd, Suite 1510, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
21 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724
1136 Route 22, Suite 202, Mountainside, NJ 07092
328-F Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871
7 Glenwood Ave., Suite 408, East Orange, NJ 07017
60 Washington St, Ste 107, Morristown, NJ 07960
107 East Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
2424 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
241 Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
One Gateway Center, Suite 2600, Newark, NJ 07102
142 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
17 East Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
16 Furler Street, 2nd Floor, Totowa, NJ 07512
42 Van Doren Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
1044 Lacey Rd, Suite 8, Forked River, NJ 08731
1130 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
100 27th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
746 Highway 34, Suite 8, Matawan, NJ 07747
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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